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Our Lord directing Blessed Margaret Maiy to propagate 
devoiion to The Sacred Heart . 



THE 



MANUAL 

,9 K # IT? # V I H SLA W 

OF THE 

Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

A Complete Guide to 

CATHOLIC DEVOTION. 




The Library 




gfmprimaiar. 



^ JOHN, CARDINAL McCLOSKEY, 

New York. 



Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year ISTSby 

THOMAS KELLY, 
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Feasts and Fasts 7 

Movable Feasts 10 

Roman Calendar II 

A Profession of Catholic Faith 23 

Daily Remembrance 27 

The Christian Year 29 

Daily Exercise of a Christian, by St. Francis 

Xavier 65 

The Ten Commandments 69 

Meditation . 77 

Morning Prayer 91 

The Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus 102 

The Angelus. 109 

Grace before and after Meals no 

Evening Prayers 112 

Litany of the Blessed Virgin, (Latin and English). 121 

The Memorare 129 

Invocation to the Holy Ghost 130 

Daily Prayer for the Faithful Departed 132 

Compline, the Evening Prayer of the Church 135 

The Ordinary of the Mass, (Latin and English). . . 144 

Prayers at Mass 218 

Devotions for Mass in Union with the Sacred Heart 

of Jesus 257 



4 Contents. 

PAGE 

Confession 283 

Devotions for Holy Communion 308 

Practice for the day of Communion 318 

St. Alphonsus Liguori's Prayers before Commu- 
nion 320 

Acts after Communion 329 

Loving Aspirations to Jesus in the Blessed Sacra- 
ment 338 

Devout Aspirations of St. Francis de Sales before 

and after Communion 342 

On Indulgences 359 

Prayers for obtaining Plenary Indulgences 359 

Indulgenced Prayers after Communion — 

Prayer of St. Ignatius 366 

Prayer before a Crucifix 367 

Prayer of St. Cajetan 368 

Indulgences which may be easily gained 369 

Devotions to the Sacred Heart 371 

Picture of the Sacred Heart 372 

The Chaplet of the Sacred Heart 373 

Prayer to the Eternal Word 377 

Little Office of the Sacred Heart 384 

Prayer in honor of Blessed Margaret Mary 394 

Words of our Lord to Blessed Margaret Mary. . . . 394 

Dwellings in the Sacred Heart 395 

Litany of the Sacred Heart 397 

Apostolate of Prayer 401 

The Remember of our Lady of the Sacred Heart . 403 
Prayer of St. Alphonsus Liguori for a visit to the 

Blessed Sacrament 410 

Devotions in honor of the Precious Blood 413 



Contents. 5 

PAGE 

Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 415 

Rosary of the Blessed Virgin 424 

Confraternity of the Living Rosary 440 

Little Office of the Immaculate Conception 442 

Seven Penitential Psalms 453 

The Litany of the Saints (Latin and English) ..... 467 

Vespers for Sundays 490 

Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 532 

Devotion of the Forty Hours 536 

An Universal Prayer 540 

Prayers for a Good Death 544 

Devotions for the Use of the Sick 549 

Litany for a Soul Departing 565 

Requiem Mass 579 

Funeral Service , 60S 

Prayers for the Faithful Departed 612 

Hymns . c 616 

Mass in Union with the Passion 631 

The Meditations on the Passion 702 

Way of the Cross 713 

Mass in union with the Passion 631 

Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holi- 
days 731 

Index. end 



PRIVATE BAPTISM. 



WHEN a new-born infant is in danger of 
death, some one should give it private 
baptism. It is not necessary to send for a priest, 
as it may die before he can come. If the child 
| recovers, it should be taken to the church to 
have the ceremonies supplied. 

Private Baptism is thus given : Take nat- 
! ural water and pour it on the child, saying, j 
while pouring, these words : 

I BAPTIZE THEE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, 
AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY GHOST. 

Taking care to pronounce the words while 
pouring the water, and to let the water touch 
the skin of the head. 




FEASTS AND FASTS 

Throughout the Year. 

Holidays of obligation on which every Catholic 
is strictly obliged to hear Mass, and to refrain 
fro7n servile work. 

1. All Sundays in the year. 

2. The Circumcision of our Lord, Jan. i. 

3. The Epiphaxy, Jan. 6. 

4. The Annunciation of the Blessed Vir- 
gin, March 25. 

5. The Ascension of Our Lord (movable). 

6. Corpus Christi (movable). 

7. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, 
Aug. 15. 

8. The Feast of All Saints, Nov. i. 

9. The Immaculate Conception of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, Dec. 8. 



8 Feasts and Fasts. 

10. Christmas, the Nativity of Our Lord, 
Dec. 25. 

In the dioceses of New Orleans, St. Louis, Mo- 
bile, Vincennes, Dubuque, Little Rock, and 
Chicago, and dioceses formed from them, 2, 3, 4. 
and 6 are not of obligation. 

FASTS. 

Fasting Days on one meal, to which all who 
are twenty-one years of age are bound. 

All Days in Lent except Sundays. 

The Ember Days in Lent. The Wednesday, 
Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday of 
Lent. 

The Vigil of Whitsunday. 

The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 
Whitsunday (Ember Days). 

The Vigil of the Assumption, Aug. 14. 

The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday next 
after September 14 (Ember Days). 

The Vigil of All Saints, Oct. 31. 

The Fridays in Advent. 

The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after 
the third Sunday of Advent (Ember Days). 

Christmas Eve. 



Fasts. 9 

When a fasting day falls on Sunday, the fast is 
observed on the Saturday previous. 

DAYS OF ABSTINENCE FROM FLESH MEAT. 

All Fridays. If Christmas Day falls upon a Fri- 
day abstinence is not of obligation. 

Abstinence on Saturday has been dispensed with 
for the faithful of these States, for the space of 
twenty years, from the year i860. 

N. B. The Catholic Church commands all her 
children to be present at Mass, and to rest from 
servile work on Sundays and Holidays. 

2dly. To abstain from flesh meats on all days of 
fasting and abstinence, and on fasting days to eat 
but one meal. 

3dly. To confess their sins at least once a year. 

4thly. To receive the Blessed Sacrament at least 
once a year, and that at Easter. 

%* The time appointed for complying with 
the Easter duty begins on the first Sunday of 
Lent, and terminates on Trinity Sunday. They 
who, without some reasonable cause, neglect this 
important duty, are liable to be excommunicated 
whilst living, and when they die to be deprived of 
Christian burial, according to the fourth Council 
of Lateran, Can. 21. 



TABLE OF MOVABLE FEASTS. 



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: 1876 Mr. 
! 1877 Fb. 

1878 Mr. 
j 1879 Fb. 

1880 Fb. 
I 1881 Mr. 
| 18S2 Fb. 
I 1883 Fb. 

18S4 Fb. 

1883 Fo. 

1886 Mr. 

18S7 Fb. 

188S Fb. 

18SH Mr. 
Fb. 

1891 Fb. 

1892 M r. 

1893 Fb. 

1894 Fb. 

1895 Fb. 

1896 Fb. 

1897 Mr. 

1898 Fb. 

1899 Fb. 

1900 Fb. 

1901 Fb. 
190-2 Fb. 
1903 Fb. 
1901 Fb. 

1905 Mr. 

1906 Fb, 

1907 Fb. 

1908 Mr. 

1909 Fb. 

1910 Fb. 

1911 Mr. 

1912 Fb. 



10 Mr. 
l|Ap. 

14 Ap. 
6 Ap. 

26 Ap. 

11 Mr. 
2 A p. 

22 Ap. 
7Mr. 

27 Ap. 

18 Ap. 

10 Ap. 

23 Ap. 

15 Ap. 

6 Ap. 

19 Ap. 

11 Mr. 

2 Ap. 
15 Ap. 

7 Mr. 

27 A p. 

19 Ap. 

3 Ap. 

23 Ap. 

15 Ap. 

28 Ap. 

20 Ap. 

12 Mr. 
25 Ap. 

16 Ap. 

8 Ap. 

21 X'\ 

13 Mr. 

4 Ap. 

24 Ap. 

9 Mr. 
1 Ap. 

21 Ap, 



28 May 

16 May 
1 May 

21 May 
13 May 

28 May 

17 May 
9 May 

25 May 

13 May 

5 May 
25 June 
lu May 

1 May 
21 May 

6 May 

29 May 

17 May 

2 May 
25 May 

14 May 
5 May 

18 May 

10 May 

2 May 

15 May 

7 May 

30 May 
12 May 

3 May 
23 June 

8 May 

31 May 

19 May 

11 May 
27 May 

16 May 
8 May 



6 May 

25 June 

10 May 
30 June 
22 June 

6 Mav 

26 June 

18 May 
3 May 

22 June 

14 May 
3 June 

19 Mav 
h) May 
SO June 

15 May 

7 May 

26 June 

11 May 
3 May 

23 June 
14 May 

27 June 

19 May 

11 May 

24 June 

16 May 

8 May 
21 May 

12 May 
1 June 

17 May 

9 May 

28 June 

20 Mav 
5 May 

25 June 
17 May 



16 May 27 27 

4 June 15 25 
20 Mav 31 27 

9 June 20 24 
1 June 12 25 

16 May 27 27 

5 June IB 24 

28 June 8 C6 
13 May 24 28 

1 June 12 25 

24 June 4 26 
13 June 24 23 

29 June 9 25 

20 Mav 31 2? 
9 June 20 24 

25 June 5 26 

17 May 28 27 

5 June 16 24 

21 June 1 27 
13 May 24 28 

2 June 13 25 
24 June 4 26 

6 June 17 24 

29 June 9 25 

21 June 1 27 

3 June 14 25 

26 June 6 26 

18 May 29 27 
31 June 11 25 

22 June 2 26 
11 June 22 24 

27 June 7 28 

19 Mav 30 27 

7 June 18 24 

30 June 10 25 
15 May 26 27 

4 Jane 15 25 
27 June 7 26 



Nov. 28 
Dec. 3 
Dec. 2j 
Dec. li 
Nov. 30 1 
Nov. 28 
Nov. 27 j 
Dec. 3 
Dec. 2 
Nov. 30 
Nov. 19 ! 
Nov. 28 : 
Nov. 27 | 
Dec. 2' 
Dec. 1 i 
Nov. 30 ; 
Nov. 29 ! 
Nov. 27 
Dec. 3| 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 1 
Nov. 29 
Nov. 28 i 
Nov. 27 
Dec. 3; 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 1 
Nov. 30 
Nov. S9 
Nov. 27 
Dec. 3 
Dec. 2 
Dec. 1 
Nov. 29 : 
: Nov. 28 
Nov. 27 
Dec. 3 ! 
,Dec. 2 



The Roman Calendar* 

JANUARY. 



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CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD. 

St. Macarius, Hermit. 

St. Genevieve, Virgin. 

St. Titus, disciple of St. Paul. 

St. Telesphorus, Pope and Martyr. 

EPIPHANY OF OUR LORD. 

St. Lucian, Martyr. 

St. Severinus, Abbot, Confessor. 

St. Julian and his companions, Martyrs. 

St. Nicanor. 

St. Hyginus, Pope and Martyr. 
St. Arcadius, Martyr. 
Octave of Epiphany. 
St. Hilary. 

St. Paul, the first Hermit. 

St. Marcellus, Pope and Martyr. 

St. Anthony. 

St. Peter's chair at Rome. 
St. Canute, Martyr. 

i St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, Martyrs, 

St. Agnes, Virgin, Martyr. 
; St. Vincent and St. Anastasius, Martyrs. 

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 
I St. Timothy, Bishop, Martyr. 

Conversion of St. Paul, the Apostle. 

St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr. 
, St. John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor. 

St. Raymond of Pennafcrt, Confessor. 

St. Francis of Sales, Bishop of Geneva. 

St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr, 
( St. Peter Nolasco, founder of Trinitarians. 



Second Sunday after Epiphany, Feast of the Most 
Holy Name of Jesus, 











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FEBRUARY. 








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St. Agatha, Virgin, Martyr. 






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St. Scholastica, Virgin. 






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St. Saturninus, Martyr. 






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20 


b 


St. Tyrannis, bp., and his comps., Martyrs. 






21 


c 


St. Severian, Bishop, Martyr. 






22 


d 


St. Peter's chair at Antioch. 






23 


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St. Peter Damian, Bishop, Confessor. 






24 


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oi. lviainias, -rvposue. 






25 


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±>. oeDasuaii, w. o. r . at rueDia, in xviexico. 






26 


a 


St. Alexander, Bishop, Confessor. 






27 


b 


St. Leander, Bishop, Confessor. 




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23 


c 


St. Romanus, Abbot. 






Friday after Ash Wednesday — Most Sacred Passion 






of our 


Lord. 











The Roman Calendar. 13 

MARCH. 



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25 


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26 


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27 


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c 


29 


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30 


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31 


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St. David, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Simplicius, Pope, Confessor. 

St. Cunegundis, Empress, Virgin. 

St. Casimir, Confessor. 

St. John Joseph of the Cross, Confessor. 

St. Colette, V. reformer of Poor Clares. 

St. Thomas Aquinas, the Angelic Doctor. 

St. John of God, Confessor. 

St. Frances of Rome, Widow. 

The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste. 

St. Eulogius, Priest, Martyr. 

St. Gregory the Great, Pope, Con., Doctor. 

St. Euphrasia, Virgin. 

St. Matilda, Queen. 

St. Zachary, Pope, Confessor. 

St. Julian, Martyr. 

St. Patrick, Apostle of Ireland. 

St. Gabriel, the Archangel. 

St. Joseph, the Spouse of the B. Virgin, and 

Patron of the Universal Church. 
St. Cuthbert, Bishop, Confessor. 
St. Benedict, founder of the Western monks. 
St. Catharine, Virgin. 
St. Victorian, Martyr. 
St. Irenosus, Bishop, Martyr. 
ANNUNCIATION OF THE B. V. MARY. 
St. Ludger, Bishop and Confessor. 
St. Rupert, Bishop and Confessor. 
St. Sixtus, Pope and Confessor. 
St. Jonas and his companions, Martyrs. 
St. John Climacus, Abbot. 
B. Nicholas Vanden Flue. 



Friday after 1st Sunday of Lent — Most Sacred Crown 
of Thorns. 

Friday after 2d Sunday of Lent — Office of the Spear 
and Nails. 



14 The Roman Calendar. 

APRIL. 



I 


g 


2 


a 


3 


b 


4 


c 


5 


d 


6 


e 


7 


f 


8 


g 


9 


a 


10 


b 


ii 


c 


12 


d 


13 


e 


14 


f 


*5 


g 


16 


a 


17 


b 


18 


c 


19 


d 


20 


e 


21 


f 


22 


g 


23 


a 


24 


b 


25 


c 


26 


d 


27 


e 


23 


f 


29 


g 


30 


a 



St. Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble, Confessor. 

St. Francis of Paula, Confessor. 

St. Benedict a Sancto Philadelpho, O. S. F. Con. 

St. Isidore, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor. 

St. Vincent Ferrer, O. S. D. Confessor. 

St. Sixtus, Pope, Martyr. 

St. Aphraates, Hermit, Confessor. 

B. Albert, founder of Carmelites. 

St. Mary of Egypt, Penitent. 

St. Macarius, Bishop of Alexandria. 

St. Leo the Great, Pope, Confessor, Doctor. 

St. Julian, Pope and Confessor. 

St. Hermenegild, Martyr. 

SS. Tiburtius, Valerian, Maximus, Mar. 

St. Peter Gonzales, Confessor. 

St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Confessor. 

St. Anicetus, Pope, Martyr. 

B. Mary of the Incarnation, Virgin. 

St. Leo IX., Pope and Confessor. 

St. Agnes of Monte Pulciano, Vir. 

St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury. 

SS. Soter, Caius, Popes and Martyrs. 

St. George, Martyr. 

St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr. 

St. Mark, Evangelist. 

SS. Cletus, Marcellinus, Popes, Martyrs. 

St. Turribius, Bishop of Lima, Confessor. 

St. Paul of the Cross, founder of Passionists. 

St. Peter, O. S. D., Martyr. 

St. Catharine of Sienna, Virgin. 



Friday after 3d Sunday of Lent — Office of the Five 
Wounds. 

Friday after 4th Sundav of Lent — Most Precious 
Blood. 

2d Sunday after Easter — Patronage of St. Joseph. 



The Roman Calendar, 

MAY. 



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I 


b 


2 


c 


3 


d 


4 


e 


5 


f 


6 


g 


7 

8 


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b 


9 

10 


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12 


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13 


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18 


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19 


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20 


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21 


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22 


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23 


C 


24 


d 


25 


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26 


f 


27 


g 


23 


a 


29 


b 


30 


c 


3i 


d 



! St. Philip and St. James, Apostles. 
I St. Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor. 

Finding of the Holy Cross. 
I St. Monica, Wid., mother St. Augustine. 
| St. Pius V., Pope, Confessor, 
j St. John before the Latin Gate. 

St. Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr. 

Apparition of St. Michael, the Archangel. 

St. Gregory Nazianzen, Bishop, Con. 

St. Antoninus, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Francis of Hieronymo, S. J. Con. 

St. Nereus, and his companions, Martyrs. 

St. Peter Regalati, Confessor. 
' St. Boniface, Martyr. 

St. Isidore, Patron of Rural labor. 
1 St. Ubald, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Paschal Baylon, O. S. F. Confessor. 

St. Venantius, Martyr. 

St. Peter Celestine, Pope, Confessor. 

St. Bernardine of Sienna, O. S. F. 

St. Felix of Cantalice, Confessor. 

St. John Nepomucen, Martyr. 

B. Andrew Bobola, S. J. Martyr. 

Blessed Virgin Help of Christians. 

St. Gregory VII., Pope, Confessor. 

St. Philip Neri, founder of the Oratorians. 

St, Mary Magdalen of Pazzi, Virgin. 

St. Germain, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Maximin, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Felix, Pope and Martyr. 

St. Angela Merici, foundress of Ursulines. 



Fortieth day after Easter — Ascension Day. 



i6 


The Roman Calendar. 






JUNE. 


I 


e 


St. Tustin, Martyr. 


2 


f 


St. Marcellinus and companions, Martyrs, 


3 


g 


St. Clotilda, Queen of France. 


4 


a 


St. Francis Caracciolo, Confessor. 


5 


b 


St. Boniface, Bishop of Mentz. 


6 


c 


St. Norbert, Archbishop of Magdeburg. 


7 


d 


St. Robert, Abbot of Citeaux. 


8 


e 


St. Medavd, Bishop, Confessor. 


g 


f 


St. Primus and companions, Martyrs. 


10 


to 


St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland. 


ii 


a 


St. Barnabas, Apostle. 


12 


b 


St, Basilides and companions, Martyrs. 


13 


c 


St. Anthony of Padua, Confessor. 


14 


d 


St. Basil, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor. 


15 


e 


SS. Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia, MM. 


16 


f 


St. John Francis Regis, S. J. Confessor. 


17 


g 


SS. Marcian and Nicander, Martyrs. 


18 


a 


St. Mark and companions, Martyrs. 


IQ 


b 


St. Juliana Falconieri, Virgin. 


20 


c 


St. Silverius, Pope, Martyr. 


21 


d 


St. Aloysius Gonzaga, S. J. Confessor. 


22 


e 


St. Paulinus, Bishop, Confessor. 


23 


f 


Vigil of St. John the Baptist. 


24 


g 


Nativity of St. John the Baptist. 


25 


a 


St. William, Abbot, Confessor. 


26 


b 


SS. John and Paul, Martyrs. 


27 


c 


St. Leo, Pope, Confessor. 


28 


d 


St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, Martyr. 


29 


e 


SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles. 


30 


f 


Commemoration of St. Paul. 


Second Friday after Corpus Christi— Feast of the 


Sacred Heart. 



The Roman Calendar. 17 

JULY. 



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5 


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4 


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28 


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30 


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31 


b 



Octave of St. John the Baptist. 

Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

St. Hyacinth, Martyr. 

St. Udalric, Bishop. 

St. Cyril, Martyr. 

Octave of St. Peter and St. Paul. 

St. Willibald, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal, Widow. 

The Martyrs at Gorcum, Holland. 

Seven Holy Brothers, Martyrs. 

St. Pius, Pope, Martyr. 

St. John Gualbert, Abbot, Confessor. 

St. Anacletus, Pope, Martyr. 

St. Bonaventure, O. S. F., Bishop, Doctor. 

St. Henry, Emperor, Confessor. 

Feast of the Blessed Virgin of Mt. Carmel. 

St. Alexius, Confessor. 

St. Camillus of Lellis, Confessor. 

St. Vincent of Paul. 

St. Jerome Emilian, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Praxedes, Virgin. 

St. Mary Magdalen, Penitent. 

St. Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr. 

St. Christina, Virgin Martyr. 

St. James the Greater, Apostle. 

St. Anne, Mother of the Blessed Virgin. 

St. Pantaleon, Martyr. 

St. Nazarius and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Martha, Virgin. 

St. Abdon and St. Sennen, Martyrs. 

St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus. 



First Sunday of July, Feast of the Most Precious 
Blood. 



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St. Peter in Chains. 

St. Alphonsus Mary Liguori, Confessor, Doctor. 

Finding of the body of St. Stephen. 

St. Dominic, Confessor. 

Dedication of Our Lady of Snows. 

Transfiguration of our Lord. 

St. Cajetan, Confessor. 

St. Cyriacus and companions, Martyrs. 

Vigil of St. Lawrence. 

St. Lawrence, Martyr. 

SS. Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs. 

St. Clare, Virgin, foundress of the Poor Clares. 

St. Hippolytus and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Eusebius, Confessor. 

ASSUMPTION OF THE B. VIR. MARY. 

St. Hyacinth, Confessor. 

Octave of St. Lawrence. 

St. Agapitus, Martyr. 

St. Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, Confessor. 

St. Bernard, Abbot, Doctor. 

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow. 

Octave of the Assumption. 

St. Philip Beniti, Confessor. 

St. Bartholomew, Apostle. 

St. Louis, King of France, Confessor. 

St. Zephyrinus, Pope, Martyr. 

St. Joseph Calasanctius, Confessor. 

St. Augustine, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor. 

Beheading of St. John the Baptist. 

St. Rose of Lima, Virgin. 

St. Raymond Nonnatus, Confessor. 



Sunday within the Octave of the Assumption. St. 
Joachim, Father of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 



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St. Giles, Abbot. 

St. Stephen, King, Confessor. 

St. Simeon, Confessor. 

St. Rosalie, Virgin. 

St. Lawrence Justinian, Bishop, Con. 

St. Pambo, Abbot, Confessor. 

St. Regina, Virgin, Martyr. 

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin. 

St. Gorgonius, Martyr. 

St. Nicholas of Tolentino, O. S. A., Con. 

SS. Protus and Hyacinth, Martyrs. 

St. Guy, Confessor. 

St. Amatus, Bishop, Confessor. 

Exaltation of the Holy Cross. 

St. Nicomedes, Martyr. 

SS. Cornelius and Cyprian, Martyrs. 

Impression of the Stigmata of St. Francis, 

St. Joseph of Cupertino, Confessor. 

St. Januarius and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Eustace and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist. 

St. Thomas of Villanova, Confessor. 

St. Linus, Pope, Martyr. 

Feast of our Lady de Mercede. 

B. Peter Claver, Apostle of Carthagena. 

St. Eusebius, Pope, Confessor. 

SS. Cosmas and Damian, Martyrs. 

St. Wenceslaus, Martyr. 

Dedication of St. Michael, the Archangel. 

St. Jerome, Priest, Confessor, Doctor. 



wSunday within the Octave of the Nativity of the B. V. 

Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. 

Sunday after the Octave — Feast of the Seven Dolors. 



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Holy Angel Guardians. 

St. Maximian, Bishop, Martyr. 

St. Francis of Assisi, founder Friars Minor. 

St. Placidius and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Bruno, Con., founder of Carthusians. 

St. Mark, Pope, Confessor. 

St. Bridget, Queen of Sweden, Widow. 

St. Dennis, Bishop of Paris and Com., Martyrs. 

St. Francis Borgia, S. J. Confessor. 

St. Tarachus and companions, Martyrs. 

St. Wilfrid, Bishop, Confessor. 

St. Edward the Confessor. 

St. Callistus, Pope, Martyr. 

St. Teresa, Virgin. Ref. of the Carmelites. 

St. Gall, Abbot, Confessor. 

St. Hedwige, Widow, Duchess of Poland. 

St. Luke, Evangelist and Martyr. 

St. Peter of Alcantara, Confessor. 

St. John Cantius, Priest, Confessor. 

St. Hilarion, Abbot, Confessor. 

St. Severus, Bishop. 

St. John Capistran, Confessor. 

St. Raphael, Archangel. 

SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, Martyrs. 

St. Evaristus, Pope, Martyr. 

Vigil of SS. Simon and Jude. 

SS. Simon and Jude, Apostles. 

St. Narcissus, Bishop. 

B. Alphonsus Rodriguez, S. J. 

Vigil of All Saints. 



1st Sunday of October — Feast of the Holy Rosary. 
3d Sunday of October — Maternity of the B. V. Mary. 



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FEAST OF ALL SAINTS. 

Commemoration of the faithful departed. 

St. Malachy, Bishop of Armagh, Confessor. 

St. Charles Borromeo, Confessor. 

St. Zachary, father of St. John the Baptist. 

St. Leonard, Hermit. 

St. Willibrord, Bishop, Confessor. 

Four Crowned Martyrs. 

Ded. of St. Saviour's Church on the Lateran. 

St. Andrew Avellino, Confessor. 

St. Martin, Bishop of Tours, Confessor. 

St. Martin, Pope, Martyr. 

St. Diego, Confessor. 

St. Stanislaus, S. J. Confessor. 

St. Gertrude, Virgin, Abbess. 

St. Edmond, Bishop and Confessor. 

St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, Confessor. 

Ded. of the Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. 

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, Widow. 

St. Felix of Valois, Confessor. 

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

St. Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr. 

St. Clement, Pope, Martyr. 

St. John of the Cross, Confessor. 

St. Catharine, Virgin, Martyr. 

St. Peter of Alexandria, Bishop, Martyr. 

St. Leonard of Porto Maurizio, Confessor. 

St. James de Marchia, Confessor. 

St. Saturninus, Martyr. 

St. Andrew, Apostle. 



2d Sunday of November — Patronage of the B. Virgin 
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St. Bibiana, Virgin, Martyr. 
St. Francis Xavier S. J., Confessor. 
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Con., Doctor. 
St. Sabas, Abbot, Confessor. 
St. Nicholas, Bishop, Confessor. 
St. Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Con., Doctor. 
IMM. CONCEPTION OF THE B. V. MARY. 
St. Leocadia, Virgin, Martyr. 
St. Melchiades, Pope, Martyr. 
St. Damasus, Pope, Confessor, 
Our Lady of Guadalupe. 
St. Lucy, Virgin, Martyr. 
St. Nicasius and companions, Martyrs. 
St. Valerian, Bishop, Confessor. 
St. Alice, Empress. 
St. Olympias, Widow. 
Expectation of our Lady. 
St. Nemesion and companions, Martyrs. 
Vigil of St. Thomas. 
St. Thomas, Apostle. 
SS. Cyril and Methodius, Confessors. 
' St. Servulus, Confessor. 
Vigil. 

CHRISTMAS— Nativity of our Lord. 

St. Stephen, Proto-Martyr. 

St. John the Evangelist. 

Holy Innocents. 

St. Thomas a Becket, Martyr. 

St. Sabinus, Bishop, Martyr. 

St. Sylvester, Pope, Confessor; 



A PROFESSION OF 

CATHOLIC FAITH. 



EXTRACTED FROM THE COUNCIL OF TRENT. 

BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS IY. 

IN , believe and profess with a firm 
j faith, all and every one of those things, 
which are contained in the Symbol of Faith 
used in the Holy Catholic (Roman) Church, 
viz. : 

I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, 
Maker of Heaven and Earth, and of all things 
visible and invisible ; and in one Lord Jesus 
Christ, the only begotten Son of God, and born 





24 A Profession of 

of the Father before all ages ; God of God; 
Light of Light ; true God of true God ; begot- 
ten, not made ; consubstantial to the Father, 
by Whom all things were made, Who for us 
men, and for our salvation, came down from 
Heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost 
of the Virgin Mary, and was made man. Was 
crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate ; He 
suffered and was buried ; and rose again the 
third day according to the Scripture, and as- 
cended into Heaven ; sits at the right hand of 
the Father, and shall come again with glory to 
judge both the living and the dead ; of Whose 
kingdom there shall be no end. And in the 
Holy Ghost, the Lord and Giver of Life, Who 
proceeds from the Father and the Son, who, to- 
gether with the Father and the Son, is adored and 
glorified. Who spoke by the prophets. And 
one Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. I 
confess one baptism for the remission of sins. 
And I expect the resurrection of the dead ; 
and the life of the world to come. Amen. 

I most firmly admit and embrace Apostolical 
and Ecclesiastical Traditions, and all other 
Constitutions and Observances of the same 
Church. 

I also admit the Sacred Scriptures, according 

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to the sense in which our Holy Mother, the 
Church, has held, and does hold them, to 
whom it belongs to judge of the true sense and 
interpretation of the Holy Scriptures ; nor will 
I ever take and interpret them otherwise than 
according to the unanimous consent of the 
Fathers. 

I profess also, that there fte truly and prop- 
erly Seven Sacraments of the New Law, insti- 
tuted by Jesus Christ our Lord, for the salvation 
of mankind, though not all necessary for every 
one, viz : Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, 
Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Order and 
Matrimony ; and that they confer grace : and 
that of these, Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy 
Order, cannot be reiterated without sacrilege, I 
also receive and admit the Ceremonies, which 
the Catholic Church admits and approves of, in 
the solemn administration of all the above-said 
Sacraments. 

I receive and embrace all and every one of 
the things which have been denned and declared 
in the Holy Council of Trent, concerning 
Original Sin and Justification. 

I profess likewise, that in the Mass is offered 
to God a true, proper, and propitiatory Sacrifice 
for the living and the dead ; and that in the 



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Most Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist there is 
truly, really, and substantially present, the Body 
and Blood, together with the Soul and Divinity 
of our Lord Jesus Christ ; and that there is 
made a conversion of the whole substance of 
the bread into the Body, and of the whole sub- 
stance of the wine into the Blood ; which con- 
version the Cathoftc Church calls Transubstan- 
tiation. 

I confess also that, under each kind, Christ is 
! whole and entire, and a true Sacrament is re- 
ceivecL 

I constantly hold that there is a Purgatory, 
and that the souls therein detained are helped j 
by the suffrages of the faithful. Likewise, that 
the Saints reigning together with Christ, are to 
be honored and invocated ; that they offer 
prayers to God for us ; and that their relics 
ought to be venerated. 

I most firmly assert that the images of Christ, 
and of the Mother of God, ever a Virgin, and 
also of the Saints, are to be had and retained, 
and that due honor and veneration are to be 
given them. 

I also affirm that the power of Indulgences 
was left by Christ to the Church, and that the 



Catholic Faith. 27 

use of them is most wholesome to Christian 
people. 

I acknowledge the Holy Catholic Apostolic 
Roman Church to be the Mother and Mistress 
of all Churches ; and I promise true obedience 
to the Bishop of Rome, the successor of St. 
Peter, Prince of the Apostles, and Vicar of Jesus 
Christ on earth. 

I also undoubtedly receive and profess all 
other things delivered, denned, and declared by 
the Sacred Canons and General Councils, and 
particularly by the Holy Council of Trent ; and 
I also condemn, reject, and anathematize all 
things contrary thereto, and all heresies whatso- 
ever condemned, rejected, and anathematized 
by the Church. 

This True Catholic Faith, out of which none 
can be saved, I now truly profess and truly 

hold. And I, N , promise to hold, and 

profess the same whole and entire, with God's 
assistance, to the end of my life. Amen. 



DAILY REMEMBRANCE. 

REMEMBER, Christian soul, that thou hast 
this day, and every day of thy earthly 
pilgrimage — 



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God to glorify, 

Jesus to imitate, 

The Angels and Saints 

to invoke, 
A soul to save, 
A body to mortify, 
Sins to expiate, 
Virtues to acquire, 
Hell to avoid, 



Heaven to gain, 
Eternity to prepare for, 
Time to profit by, 
Neighbors to edify, 
The world to despise, 
Devils to combat, 
Passions to subdue, 
Death perhaps to suffer, 
And judgment to un- 
dergo. 



Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy 
whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with 
thy whole mind. This is the greatest and first 
commandment : and the second is like to this — 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On 
these two commandments dependeth the whole 
law and the prophets. — St. Matt. xxii. 37. 




THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

PIOUS REFLECTIONS OX SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS. 



Sunday.— This is the day when the adorable 
Trinity manifested himself to men, the Father 
by the Creation ; the Son by his Resurrection, 
and the Holy Ghost by his descent on the 
Apostles. " Remember, said Saint Ambrose 
to the people of Milan, "that you should sanc- 
tify the Lord's day. Give a truce to labor, 
which prolonged, would exhaust your strength, 
and rejoice piouslv at the foot of the altar. 



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You have been for six days all troubled with 
things of nothing ; cease on the Lord's day to 
crawl in servile occupations, but raise your 
thoughts towards Heaven." Saint Justin, mar- 
tyr in the second century, thus describes in his 
Apology of Religion, the occupation of the 
faithful during the holy day of Sunday: "On 
the day called Sunday, all who dwell in the cities 
or the country assemble in one place. There 
the writings of the Apostles and the books of the 
Prophets are read, as much as time permits. 
When the reading is finished, he who presides 
over the assembly arises and makes an address 
to excite his hearers to the practice of the teach- 
ings which have just been read. We then all 
arise together to pray. At the close of the 
prayer, bread and wine are offered, and are dis- 
tributed to the faithful after consecration and 
thanksgiving. Before separating, those who 
have means contribute according their will, to 
assist the poor and deliver those in prison. We 
cease all labor on Sunday, and assemble to pray, 
because it is the first day of Creation, and the 
day of the Resurrection of Christ. " 

Advent. — The Church, to prepare us for the 
solemnity of Christmas, reminds us of the 
promises which God made men to' give them a 



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Saviour, of the desires of the just of the old 
Law, and what the Gospel teaches of the Blessed 
Virgin till she bore into the world our Lord 
Jesus Christ. She adds the preachings by which 
Saint John prepared the way for the Messias, and 
exhorted the Jews to receive Him. She treats 
too of the last coming of Jesus Christ, to temper 
Our confidence in His mercies by the lustre of 
His power and justice, in which He will one 
day come to judge mankind. Let us meditate 
on the humiliations of the Eternal Word in the 
mystery of the Incarnation. Let us earnestly 
desire Jesus Christ to take up His abode in our 
hearts. Let us be animated to the practice of 
virtue by fear of the judgment to come. The 
1 nth Psalm is an exposition of our miseries, 
and a touching prayer addressed to the Lord to 
come and help us. 

Advent begins with the fourth Sunday before 
Christmas, and includes three ember days in 
the third week. The color of the vestments on 
this penitential season is Purple. 

Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 
Dec 8. — Patronal Feast of the United States. — 
Let us celebrate the first privilege of Mary. 
She is that flower without thorns, spoken of in 
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sowed his tares ; she is the fleece of Gedeon, 
filled with the dew of Heaven, while the rest of 
the earth remains dry. At the presence of this 
holy Ark, Jordan arrests the current of its 
waters ; God who chose to withdraw Mary from 
the laws of nature, withdrew her also from the 
odious empire of Satan. She who could say to 
a God: "Thou art my Son/' said in truth: 
4 ' The Lord possessed me, possessed my heart, 
in the beginning of His ways." 

Let us rejoice. This day is like an aurora 
fore-tokening our redemption, but it will avail 
nothing to believe in Mary's spotless purity, 
if we are not careful to preserve our hearts in 
God's grace. 

The Ember Days of Advent. — Most men 
forget that all comes from God. They think 
that they owe all to their toil and industry. 
The Ember Days are instituted to remind us of 
our entire dependence on the Lord. Some- 
times the Church makes us regard the seed con- 
fided to the earth as committed to the hands of 
God, who will render to us what he 'will ; some- 
times she supports our hope by leading us to 
view the first productions of each year as the 
first-fruits of the greater benefits which we ex- 
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His gifts ; sometimes she makes us implore 
grace to use them well. 

At the time of the Ember Days, the Church 
puts on penitential vestments. She addresses 
to God special prayers to ask priests according 
to His heart. Our salvation in a great measure 
depends on their ministry. Let us conjure the 
Lord to impart His spirit to those who receive 
the priestly character. Psalms 103 and 114 
offer us beautiful sentiments of gratitude for 
the benefits which God bestows, and are a, prayer 
for new favors. 

Christmas Eve. — "Be sanctified, " says the 
Church in her office, ' ' for to-morrow the Lord 
will do wonderful things among you. " Let us 
purify ourselves in the saving laver of penance, 
that we may be more worthy to go and meet 
our Saviour and receive Him into our hearts, 
when at midnight the cry is heard : Behold the 
Bridegroom eometh, go ye forth to meet Him. 

Christmas Day, Dec. 25. — Joseph and Mary 
in obedience to Caesars decree, proceeded to 
Bethlehem, the city of David. Mary, who had 
been hailed as full of grace by the Archangel 
Gabriel, after having vainly sought shelter in an 
inn, was obliged to take refuge in a stable, and 
in this despised spot she received on His entrance 

3— S. Heart 



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into the world, the King of Heaven, to whom 
belong all honor and glory. At the moment 
when this prodigy was wrought, shepherds who 
were keeping the night watch over their flocks, 
suddenly perceived a brilliant light amid the 
darkness. An angel appeared and said to them : 
( ' Fear not, I bring you tidings of great joy, 
which shall be for all the people. For this day 
is born to you a Saviour who is Christ the Lord, 
in the city of David. And this is the sign by 
which you shall know Him : You shall find an 
infant wrapped in swaddling clothes, and laid 
in a manger. " At the same instant a troop of 
the heavenly host joined the angel, praising 
God, and saying : ' £ Glory to God in the high- 
est, and peace on earth to men of good will." 
The shepherds without a moment's loss of time 
hasteiied to the stable. They found the Child 
wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a 
manger. In this Child they acknowledged the 
Saviour foretold to Israel. They praised and 
glorified the Most High. Mary heard in silence 
the words of the shepherds and laid them up in 
her heart. 

Let us go to adore the Infant Jesus in the 
middle of the night, as the True Light which 
shineth in darkness. Let us adore him in the 



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Mass at break of day, as the Sun of Justice, which 
rises to enlighten those who rest in the shadow 
of death, and to direct their steps into the way 
of peace. Let us honor Him in the Mass of the 
day, revealing Himself to the wise men by a 
heavenly light. Let us learn from this divine 
Child to be meek and humble of heart. After be- 
holding Him, poor, unknown, rejected, exposed 
to the influence of the air and the rigor of the 
season, we can better appreciate contempt for 
riches, the flight of hours, self-renunciation, 
love of suffering, mortification, and penances. 
The Gospel of St. John, recited at the end of 
the Mass is an exposition of the mystery of the 
day ; Psalm 84 is a prayer to solicit its fruit, 
which consists in living like true children of 
God. 

The Circumcision, January 1. — The Church 
celebrates on this day the octave of Christmas 
and the feasts of the Circumcision. Let us 
again adore the Infant Jesus in the humiliations 
of His birth. Let us consider the drops of 
Blood which He sheds in His circumcision as 
the first tokens of His Passion and Death. Let 
us put all our confidence in Him who has taken 
the name of Saviour only to wrest us from the 
slavery of sin, to revive in us the beautiful name 



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of children of God, and open Heaven to us. 
Whoever invokes the name of Jesus with lively 
faith and perfect charity will be saved: "For 
no other name has been given to men whereby 
we must be saved. " Let us not imitate those 
who pass from one year to another unmoved ; 
let us excite religious thoughts, without which 
the soul would be overwhelmed with sadness. 
The year that has gone down into the gulf of 
eternity, has borne away, alas ! many a parent 
and friend. With hope for the future, and 
regret mingled with resignation for the past, let 
us begin the year in a spirit of faith, 

Epiphany, January 5. — This feast reminds us 
of the happy day when our Saviour manifested 
Himself to the gentiles, by calling the Three 
Wise Men to his manger. What a happiness 
for us to be enlightened with the light of faith. 
How ungrateful are they who live as though 
Jesus Christ had not been revealed to them, and 
who speak of our religion only to deride it. Let 
us correspond to the grace of our vocation by 
believing, in heart and mind, the truths which 
our faith teaches us, and by faithfully dis- 
charging the duties it imposes on us : it is by 
these two means that God wishes to save us. 

The gifts offered by the Wise Men to our 



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Lord are figures of our principal duties to His 
adorable Person. The incense is the symbol of 
the prayers we should daily offer Him. Myrrh 
typifies the penance we must do in order to 
share in the merits of His Passion and Death. 
Gold is the symbol of the dependance in which 
we should be before Him. Let us examine 
whether we make all the faculties of our soul, 
and all the good we have received from Him, 
serve to His glory. 

Candlemas Day. The Purification of the 
Blessed Virgin, February 2. — According to 
the law of Moses every first-born son was to be 
consecrated to the Lord ; and the mother after 
being excluded from the temple for forty days, 
had to present herself there to redeem him by 
offering a present and to purify herself The 
time prescribed by the law for the purification 
having come, Mary bore Jesus, her adorable 
Son, to Jerusalem ; and she observed to the 
letter all that was prescribed, as though she 
were the mother of an ordinary child. The 
gift which the humble Virgin offered for her 
Son, and for herself, was that usually made by 
the poor. 

This touching ceremony was witnessed by 
some who penetrated the great mystery of that 



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day. The holy old man Simeon, and Anna the 
prophetess, were then in the temple. Simeon 
took the divine Child in his arms, and said 
aloud that now he died happy, because his eyes 
had beheld Him who was the Light of nations 
and the glory of the people of Israel. He fore- 
told to Mary that her soul should be pierced 
with a sword of sorrow. Anna, who was in the 
temple without ceasing, serving God in fasting 
and prayer, burst into a holy transport of joy 
and admiration on beholding the Saviour of the 
world, and spoke of Him to all who expected 
the redemption of Israel. 

Lent. Ash-Wednesday. — The ceremony 
with which the Church begins Lent, is so in- 
structive and touching that it becomes our duty 
to give it particular attention. The Church for- 
merly employed this ceremony to place among 
penitents those sinners whom she hoped to 
reconcile to God at the end of holy Lent ; she 
uses it now in favor of all her children, just or 
sinners. She recites the Seven Penitential 
Psalms, and after blessing the ashes, the symbol 
of humiliation, she places them on the heads of 
the faithful, saying to each one : Remember, 
man, that thou art dust, and unto dust thou 
shalt return. Those who take part in this cere- 



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many with piety unite themselves with the 
prayers which the Church makes for them ; they 
implore grace to pass Lent piously, and to do 
penance agreeable to the Heart of Jesus. 

While the ashes are blessed, they redouble 
their efforts to obtain that broken and contrite 
heart which they represent, that salutary fear of 
God's judgments with w T hich the ministry were 
seized ; after whose example, they go and cover 
their heads with ashes to appease the wrath of 
the Lord. They prostrate themselves humbly 
at the foot of the priest ; they return from the 
altar meditating on the sentence w r hich the 
Church has just addressed to them ; they think 
that all is vanity on earth, and that man's true 
wisdom consists in keeping the commandments 
of God and the Church, and in preparing for 
death by the most sincere penance. They implore 
the Lord to engrave these sentiments on their 
hearts, and to render them efficacious during 
the time they are to pass on earth. 

Lent, the great penitential season of the 
Church, consists of forty days preceding Easter, 
and was instituted in memory of our Saviour s 
fast of forty days in the desert. It is a time 
that we should devote in an especial manner to 
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with the Sacred Heart of Jesus during His holy 
and painful retreat ; and with Him withdraw 
from all the pleasures and cares of a busy and 
frivolous world. 

Feast of St. Joseph. — Patron of the Univer- 
sal Church, March 19. — St. Joseph was of the 1 
royal family of David, then fallen from all its 
splendor ; he was reduced to the pursuit of a 
mechanical calling. Yet he was, says the 
Gospel, a just man; and it is easy to com- 
prehend this eulogy when we know that 
he was destined to be the spouse of Mary and 
the foster father of the Incarnate Word. 

This great mystery was at first revealed only to 
the Blessed Virgin, the result of which was that 
Saint Joseph, convinced of Mary's incompar- 
able purity, remained in great uncertainty what 
course to pursue when he beheld her to be with 
child. But an angel relieved his anxiety. 
Joseph accompanied the Blessed Virgin to 
Bethlehem and witnessed our Saviour's birth. 
After the ceremony of the Presentation in the 
Temple, he received an order from Heaven to 
bear the Child to Egypt to shield Him from the 
wrath of Herod, who sought His life. On their 
return to Nazareth, he spent the rest of his days 
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him, and Joseph profited by the example of the 
divine Child and His mother. We may jr Ige 
what graces and blessings such a holy association 
drew down on him. The most precious was 
undoubtedly that of dying in the arms of Jesus 
and Mary. Hence his assistance is specially 
invoked for a happy death. Saint Teresa, assures 
us that she never asked anything through his 
intercession without being heard, and that she 
never knew anyone who invoked him without 
making progress in virtue. Let us imitate the 
interior virtues of Saint Joseph, and invoke him 
with the greatest confidence. 

Blessed spouse of Mary, obtain for me grace 
to live like thee, in the society of Jesus, and so 
die like thee in the arms of His divine ana im- 
maculate Mother. 

The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin 
Mary, March 25. — 4 'Be astonished, O Heav- 
ens," cries Saint Bernard; "hearken, O earth ! 
Let all creatures stand wondering, and you 
especially, O men, nothing can more nearly 
touch your hearts. The Word is made Flesh. 
How, feeble mortals, shall we venture to speak 
of so unspeakable a mystery? The angels veil 
themselves with their wings ; they are lost in 
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And yet how restrain ourselves from an outburst 
of joy, taught as we are by this great mystery 
of charity which God has employed toward 
us ? 

"He who hath not spared even His own Son/' 
says Saint Paul, "but delivered Him up for us 
all, how hath He not also, with Him, given us 
all things ? " Let us glorify the most High, and 
cry out : ' ' By the Incarnate Word, the Heavens 
and the earth are full of glory." 

Let us also meditate the part of the Queen of 
Virgins in this mystery. Let us admire her 
simplicity, her modesty, her love of purity, her 
faith, her humility, her submission to the com- 
mands of the Lord, virtues which she displayed 
in an eminent degree in the mystery of the 
Annunciation. 

Passion Sunday. — Religion has been well in- 
spired to lead us by penance to the sacred 
Mountain of Calvary. Without the tears that 
we have shed, without the privations to which 
we have subjected ourselves, without the robes 
of innocence which repentance has restored 
to us, how could we venture to climb Mount 
Calvary and witness the death of the man 
God! 

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suppresses the '''Gloria Patri" in her office. 
This refrain, which the Heavenly choirs chant 
in their divine harmony, seems too joyous for a 
time so near the days of sorrow. She conceals 
her crosses and statues beneath violet drapings. 
The tapers are of yellow wax, as at funerals. 
In all she seeks to show the sorrow of her chil- 
dren. 

Palm Sunday. — On this day the Church 
blesses ' branches which she distributes to the 
clergy and faithful to remind them how the 
Jewish people, some days before putting to death 
the Saviour of the world, went to meet Him, 
some spreading their garments on the way, 
others strewing palm branches, all chanting 
Hosanna, Salvation, Glory, Love to the Son 
of God. Let us ask Jesus Christ to bless us, 
and grant us grace to celebrate Easter with the 
palm of victory and the fruit of good works. 
Let us imitate the faithful disciples who joined 
their acclamations to those of the people, and 
paid Jesus a homage which sprang from the 
bottom of their hearts ; let us fear to resemble 
those who amid this pomp, caused our Sa- 
viour's tears and reproaches, because they had 
not profited by his abode among them. 

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exclusively with the meditation of a God hum- 
bled and annihilated ; let us meditate all the 
circumstances, and celebrate with tearful eyes, 
a mystery, the remembrance of which should 
be ever present to our mind and heart. 

The Office of Holy Week. — The Church 
begins the great office of the Passion on 
Maundy Thursday, because on that day our 
Lord entered upon His agony in the garden of 
Olives. The better to express her sorrow, she 
no longer renders glory to the blessed Trinity, 
she no longer praises Him in hymns, she no 
longer instructs us by the voice of her pastors, 
in order to commemorate by the silence of the 
priest that of Jesus Christ who is expiring on 
the Cross ; in fine, she concludes all parts of 
her office by a prayer, without notice to the 
faithful, without awaiting that solemn consent 
which they give at all other times by saying, 
Amen. At matins naught is left but psalms and 
lessons to nourish her sorrow by beholding the 
torments which Jesus endures. The lessons of 
the first nocturn are drawn from the Lamenta- 
tions of Jeremias, mournful chaunts, in which 
the prophet of old deplored the ruin of Jerusalem, 
and still more the sins by which that ungrateful 
city had provoked God against her. In the first 



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lesson the Church sets our sins before our eyes, 
in order to propose in the other what Jesus 
suffered to deliver us from damnation. In this 
office of Tenebrae, the putting out of the can- 
dles represents the darkness which covered the 
earth when the Son of God gave up the ghost. 
The lighted candle which is hidden behind the 
altar is a figure of our Lord, who though dead 
and buried, still lived a life hidden from men, 
because death, which separated His Soul from 
His Body, could not separate the divinity from 
either soul or body. His resurrection which 
took place soon after His death is shown by 
the reappearance of the lighted candle from 
behind the altar. The noise made at the end j 
of Lauds represents the confusion w T hich reigned 
through all nature on the death of our Saviour, 
when the rocks were rent, the graves opened j 
and the veil of the temple was rent. The Jews, 
more hardened than rocks, were insensible 
and remained stubborn in their incredulity. 
Let us imitate the centurion who, seeing what 
had taken place, went away, striking his breast 
and glorifying God, saying, "Truly this was a 
just man ; this was the Son of God. " 

Those who cannot attend Tenebrae should perform 
some devotion in honor of the Passion. 



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Maundy Thursday. — When our Lord multi- 
plied the loaves in the desert, He promised His 
disciples to give them His Body to eat, and His 
Blood to drink. The time had come to fulfill 
this mysterious promise, for His mission was 
nearly ended ; His death had been decided 
upon in the council of the priests and ancients 
of the people ; the traitor Judas had received 
the price of his horrible crime. The eve of the 
day appointed for the commission of the deicide, 
He gathered His disciples in Jerusalem towards 
night, in order to celebrate the last Pasch with 
them. Towards the end of the repast He rose, 
girt Himself with a napkin, and pouring water 
into a basin washed all their feet ; then resuming 
His seat at table, He took bread, blessed it, 
broke it, and distributed to each, saying : 
"Take ye and eat : this is My Body which 
shall be delivered for you : do this in commem- 
oration of me. 93 Then taking a chalice of wine, 
He said also : ct Drink ye all of this : this is 
My Blood of the New Testament, which shall 
be shed for you, and for many unto remission 
of sins." This was the Divine Eucharist, insti- 
tuted as a sacrament and a sacrifice. The love 
which had drawn down the Son of God from the 
throne of His glory, and which had guided all 



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His steps, showed itself indeed stronger than 
death, by finding means to preserve for earth, 
what the malice of men hoped to wrest from it. 

Maundy Thursday should be the holiday of 
our tabernacles ; but on the eve of our Saviour's 
death, the Church, a desolated spouse, cannot 
crown herself with flow r ers and sing canticles of 
joy. Hence the pomp of Maundy Thursday is 
but as a ray of sunshine on a gloomy day. 
The Church resumes at Mass her rich candle- 
sticks and white candles, but is stripped of them 
immediately after Mass, and the empty taber- 
nacle left open. 

In some churches a chapel is hung with black 
velvet, edged with red ; funereal lamps shed a 
sad light around. Beneath these sepulchral 
draperies, chalices, ciborums, vases of gold and 
silver are set in disorder at the feet of Christ, to 
mark that the sacrifice is suspended and that on 
the day of the crucifixion this pious luxury will 
be banished. Such was the custom which in j 
olden time gave the Repository the name of 
Sepulchre. But now in most churches the 
aspect of the Repository is quite different. In- 
stead of being draped in mourning it is hung with 
rich drapery, and on the steps are candelabras 
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season enamel the platform, and the altar where 
the Blessed Sacrament reposes. Here nothing 
is sad, nothing is mournful. One would say 
that the Church, in thus designing the adorn- 
ment of her altar, had resolved not to give way 
to grief, because the death of Jesus Christ had 
saved the world : she does draw over this death 
which has given us life the tear-stained pall : 
that is for us who will be so long in the grave : 
but she seems to have thought there should not 
be unmingled sorrow for Him who on the third 
day, rent the stones of the tomb, and she allows 
flowers to be laid on what, in some sort, repre- 
sents His sepulchre. 

Let us employ the time we spend in the 
presence of Jesus Christ in meditating on what 
He said, on what He did on the eve of His 
Passion, and all the circumstances connected 
with His death, which we will find in the 13th 
and following chapters of St. John. 

Good Friday. — On Thursday evening, after 
instituting the Holy Eucharist, Jesus retired to 
the Garden of Olives. There His soul was 
overwhelmed with sadness. He fell into an 
agony, He bathed the earth with His blood. 
Judas delivered Him to the chief priests, the 
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and dragged before the tribunal of Caiphas. 
There He received numberless insults and out- 
rages. Then He was led to Pilate, who aban- 
doned Him all night long to the cruelty of the 
soldiers. He was then presented before Herod, 
who treated Him as a fool. He was led back to 
Pilate, and underwent a bloody scourging. The 
people, when He was led forth to them, cried 
with fury, Crucify Him. A crown of thorns 
was forced on His head ; He was loaded with a 
heavy cross, which He bore up to Mount Cal- 
vary. There He was fastened to the cross, by 
~~nails driven through His hands and feet, and 
He was raised up between two thieves. He ex- 
pired in torments about the ninth hour of the 
day, Friday. The rocks were rent, the graves 
opened, the sun was eclipsed ; all nature seemed 
moved by the death of the Man-God. 

The Innocent One dies for the sinner, and 
the sinner is unmoved ! The blood of Jesus 
Christ has not been shed in vain ; if He does 
not obtain mercy for us, He will cry vengeance 
against us. 

As the Church receives great consolation from 
celebrating the holy sacrifice of the Mass, she 
deprives herself of it to-day to give way entirely 
to her grief ; she weeps over the sins of her 

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children, and over the outrages which her 
Divine Spouse has received. The office which 
she substitutes in place of the Mass, contains 
prophecies, figures, then the reading of the 
Passion of the Son of God. This is followed by 
prayers for all Christians, for pagans, even for 
the Jews. Then comes a ceremony where Jesus 
Christ is represented bearing His cross and led 
to Calvary. The cross is uncovered, bishops, 
priests, altar-boys, rich and poor, approach to 
kiss the sacred wood of the cross. It would 
seem as if the weeping children of the best of 
fathers just departed, are admitted to the 
chamber of death, where he lies on his bier, and 
they come with respect and sorrow to kiss his 
revered remains. During this imposing cere- 
mony the Vexilla Regis is chanted to a slow 
and solemn air. The office ends with the 
priest's communion, in which he consumes the 
Host consecrated the day before, and exposed to 
the adoration of the faithful. As we depart our 
hearts should be filled with the sentiments which 
induced those who witnessed the death of our 
Lord to shed tears and strike their breasts. 

Holy Saturday. — Till Nones the Church 
thinks only of the death and burial of Jesus 
Christ, then she celebrates in the morning the 



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office formerly offered in the evening, and oc- 
cupying the whole night. It begins with- the 
solemn lighting of new fires, to show that the 
light of the world, which had been extinguished, 
is about to revive more brilliant than ever. The 
deacon then announces the benefit of our 
Redemption by the sublime chant of the 
Exuliet. He earnestly implores, the faithful to 
pass the Easter holidays piously. After the 
reading of some lessons from the Old Testa- 
ment, the clergy go in procession to the bap- 
tismal fonts, to bless the water which is to serve 
in administering the sacrament of Baptism. The 
priest sprinkles the people with the newly- 
blessed water. Mass and Vespers are solemnly 
chanted, to rejoice in anticipation of the resur- 
rection of Christ. Let us redouble our zeal to 
revive in us the grace of baptism. Let us 
promise once more to keep the promises we 
made to God the day we became His children by 
adoption. Let us beseech Him to give those 
whom He this day admits to the rank of His 
ministers, the graces and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost which He granted to the apostles. Let us 
not forget that this day should be devoted to the 
remembrance of our Saviour s burial. Let us 
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cast into the earth, to germinate there in a most 
divine manner, and to spring forth with that 
innumerable posterity promised to Abraham. 

Easter Sunday. — On the third day after His 
death Jesus Christ came forth from the tomb by 
virtue of His omnipotence. In vain were guards 
set around the sepulchre, the hour of the power 
of the Prince of Darkness had passed ; it was 
necessary that the great miracle should be ac- 
complished which was to serve as a proof to 
religion. Holy women anticipate the rising of 
the sun to come and embalm the precious re- 
mains of their dear Lord ; but what a surprise ! 
They behold an angel, radiant with light, who 
says to them, il Fear not, I know that you seek 
Jesus of Nazareth. He is risen ; He is not 
here ; behold the place where they laid Him. 
But go tell His disciples." Peter and John 
hasten to verify this prodigy. The other dis- 
ciples, persuaded in their turn by frequent ap- 
paritions, regain courage, and prepare to an- 
nounce everywhere that Jesus Christ is risen. 

" Behold the day which the Lord hath made, 
let us rejoice and be glad therein." These words 
are constantly repeated by the Church on this 
holidav. She wishes her children who have taken 
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by compunction and penance, to take part in j 
the glory and joy of His resurrection by a lively 
faith in this great mystery, by hope to see ac- 
complished in them what they behold to-day in 
their divine Head, by an ardent love of Him, 
who, having died for our sins, rose for our justifi- 
cation ; in fine, by a new, heavenly, celestial life, 
formed on the model of the glorious and im- 
mortal life of Jesus Christ, risen from the dead. 

The Ascension. — Forty days had elapsed 
since the resurrection. Jesus led His apostles 
and disciples to Mount Olivet, and, after bless- 
ing them, He rose up before their eyes, en- 
veloped in a bright cloud. He rose glorious 
from the tomb by His own power, and by the 
same power entered the heavens, to take His 
seat upon His throne, at the right hand of His 
divine Father. There He intercedes without 
ceasing for us, and prepares thrones for us, 
which we shall occupy if we imitate His virtues, 
if we keep His commandments. O, Jesus ! 
shall I long be separated from Thee ? 

Let us be detached from earth, and sigh after 
the happiness of Heaven, to which Jesus has 
opened the gates ; let us follow Him in spirit ; 
let us ask Him, as Eliseus asked Elias, His two- 
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Himself, and the charity which loves our neigh- 
bor for the love of God. 

Whitsunday, or Pentecost. — For ten days 
the apostles had lived in silence and retirement 
They constantly raised their hands and eyes to 
Heaven, invoking with all their fervor the spirit 
of consolation whom Jesus thrice had promised 
them. Suddenly a loud sound is heard, like 
that of a violent tempest ; the upper-room where 
they were w r as shaken to its base. A fiery cloud 
divides in the form of tongues, and rests upon 
the apostles. The Holy Ghost descends upon 
each of them in this form. Animated by this 
divine fire, the apostles are no longer the same 
men. They immediately preach the Gospel in 
Jerusalem, to which the great festival had 
gathered an immense crowd of Jews from all 
nations. The gift of tongues and miracles is 
imparted to the apostles. Prisons and torments 
cannot daunt them. These men just before so 
weak, so ignorant, propose no less than the 
conquest of the whole world for religion. 

Let us this day implore a part in the light, 
the charity, the interior strength, w T hich were 
infused into the minds and hearts of the dis- 
ciples and first Christians. Let us read in the 
Acts of the Apostles the history of the rising 



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Church. By studying the noble models offered us 
by the primitive Christians we will animate our- 
selves with a holy zeal to revive those happy 
times when those who persevered in prayer and 
in the Gospel doctrine, praised God with sim- 
plicity and joy, all being of one heart and one 
mind. 

Trinity Sunday. — The Holy Trinity was in- 
voked upon us at the Baptismal Font. The 

-priest says to us : "I baptize thee in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost." At the gate of the tomb, when we 
are stretched panting on our bed of agony, relig- 
ion will address us in these words : "Go forth, 
Christian soul, in the name of the Father who 
created thee, in the name of the Son who suf- 
fered for thee, in the name of the Holy Ghost 
who sanctified thee." All the sacraments are 
administered in the name of the august Trinity; 
and the Churches so anxious that the faithful 
should never lose sight of this mystery, that she 
introduces into her morning and evening pray- 
ers, her sermons, her hymns, her sacrifice. She 
incessantly repeats : "Glory be to the Father, 

. Glory be to the Son, Glory be to the Holy 
Ghost." She imitates the Seraphim, who 
chant, in response to each other; "Holy! 



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Holy ! Holy ! Lord God of armies, Heaven 
and earth are full of Thy glory. Hosanna in 
the highest." 

We adore the most Holy Trinity every day, 
and more especially still every Sunday, but the 
Church institutes a special feast for this mystery 
on the first Sunday after Pentecost, that we may 
make a more solemn profession of our faith, 
before all who gainsay it. Let us on this day 
remember what Religion teaches us of this 
fundamental mystery of Christian faith. Let us 
say, from the bottom of our hearts, that we sub- 
mit our reason to revelation, and to the teaching 
of the Church, and that we regard as a heathen 
and publican, according to the precepts of Jesus 
Christ, whoever will not hear the Church. 

Corpus Christi. — The Church repeats to-day 
what the Gospel teaches us of the institution of 
the Blessed Sacrament. On reading the Gospel 
we see how our Saviour sought to prepare the 
minds for the great mystery of His love. He 
knew that haughty reason would revolt against 
what it could never understand, hence a year 
before the institution of the Holv Eucharist, he 
spoke as we read at Capharnaum, before the 
assembled people. At last the night of the Last 
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with the twelve apostles, He bequeathed to men 
the gift of His eternal love. "He took bread, 
and having given thanks, He blessed and broke 
and gave to His disciples, saying : Take ye, and 
eat ; this is My Body which shall be delivered 
for you. In like manner also the chalice, and 
having given thanks, He blessed and gave it to 
them, saying : Drink ye all of this, for this is 
My Blood of the New Testament, which shall 
be shed for you and for many unto the remission 
of sins. As often as ye shall do this, do it in 
commemoration of Me." The God who by His 
power wrought the prodigy of the Eucharist, is 
the same who created and adorned the universe, 
and we who refuse to blast our souls with 
doubt, we bow down our minds before what the 
Catholic faith adores, we believe that it is as 
easy for God to become the spiritual nourish- 
ment of men, as to draw light from the bosom 
of darkness. Marty heretics had blasphemed 
against the mystery of the altar, and the Church 
felt the need of a striking expiation ; she insti- 
tuted the feast of Corpus Christi, and ordered it 
to be celebrated with all the solemnity of a feast 
of the first order. 

The Procession of the Blessed Sacrament 
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where it is held, majestic in the great city, it is 
full of grace in villages. Corpus Christi in the 
country parts of Catholic lands may be compared 
to the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles, God comes 
to dwell under bowers of leaves and flowers. In 
cities the music of chimes and the thunder of can- 
non announce that the Almighty has crossed the 
threshold of His temple. At times voice and 
instrument cease, and a silence as overpowering 
as that of ocean in a calm, reigns through that 
pious multitude ; only their tramp on the pave- 
ment is heard. But whither goes this awful 
God, whose majesty the powers of earth thus 
proclaim ? He goes to repose beneath a canopy, 
beneath the leafy bowers, which offer Him, as in 
the days of the old Law, rustic retreats. The 
poor and the children precede Him, judges, 
warriors, potentates follow him : He proceeds 
between simplicity and earthly grandeur. The 
windows and walls of the city are lined with 
people, their hearts expanding in this feast of 
the Lord of the universe. The lisping infant 
stretches out its hands to the sweet Jesus, and 
the old man bending over the grave feels sud- 
denly freed from his fears ; an indescribable 
assurance of life fills him with joy at the sight of 
the living God. Let us attend the mass and other 



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offices, and the procession wherever it takes 
place ; their majesty imprints a sweet respect, 
and infuses a sweet consolation into the hearts 
of those who follow them. Let us often during 
the octave of Corpus Christi, prostrate ourselves 
at the foot of the altar, to make an act of repar- 
ation to Jesus Christ for all the outrages com- 
mitted by men against the Sacrament of His 
love. Let us receive communion to repair the 
faults of previous communions, to enter into 
the spirit of the feast, and to give Holy Church 
the greatest consolation we can offer her. Let 
us hearken to the lessons which Jesus Christ 
gives us from within the Tabernacle. "What a mod- 
el of humility, meekness, patience and charity. 

Feast of the Sacred Heart. — The feast of 
the Sacred Heart, is a day of graces and bene- 
dictions. Let us honor the Heart of Jesus, let 
us study His sentiments ; let us make Him an act 
of reparation for all the insults He has received ; 
let us consecrate to Him our hearts ; let us con- 
verse with Him as long as we can ; let us ask 
pardon for the communions we have made with 
tepidity or without the requisite dispositions. 
Let all our prayers express love and gratitude. 
Let us perform the Holy Hour, and recite the 
Little Office of the Sacred Heart. 



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Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, July 2. — 
Mary had scarcely conceived the Eternal Word, 
when, inspired to visit her who bore in her 
womb the precursor of the Redeemer, she 
traversed the mountains of Juda. As she 
reached Elizabeth's home, her voice fell on the 
ears of her favorite cousin. Elizabeth at once 
felt the precious child, whom the Almighty had 
given her in her old age, leap with joy within 
her. Full of the spirit of God, she saw that 
Mary was blessed among all women, and that 
the infant whom she bore was the Saviour whom 
God had promised to earth. She manifests her 
astonishment that the Mother of her God should 
visit her ; but Maty found matter for self hu- 
miliation in the praises bestowed upon her, and 
in an admirable canticle exalts the power and 
mercy of the Most High. 

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, July 16. — Car- 
mel, famous already as the abode of Elias, and 
by the victory which that prophet of the living 
God gained over the prophets of Baal, received ! 
new glory from the fact that the Queen of 
Heaven and earth has not disdained to add to 
her glorious titles that of Our Lady of Mount 
Carmel, a title so justly given to her by the 
gratitude of her children, and solemnly con- 



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firmed by the authority of the Sovereign Pon- 
tiffs. Sixtus V. authorized the feast of Our 
Lady of Mount Carmel, for the Carmelite Order ; 
it was extended to several countries by other 
Popes, and is now celebrated throughout the 
Church by a decree of Benedict XIII. 

No one who wears the Scapular of our Lady 
of Mount Carmel will omit to gain on this day 
the many graces offered by the Church to the 
faithful children of Mary. 

Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed 
Virgin, August 15. — It was neither advanced 
age nor the infirmities of life that burst the 
mortal bonds of Mary ; it was the fire of divine 
love that separated her soul and body. Death 
could not hold captive her who had brought 
forth the Author of Life. The Church pro- 
claims that Mary has been raised above the 
Angels and Elect of God, and that she beholds 
above her only the august Trinity, from whom j 
she receives all her grandeur and her glory. 

This exalted position becomes Mary's emi- 
nent dignity of Mother of God ; it is the reward 
of her humility, her charity, her innocence, and 
her horror of sin. Let us admire the privileges 
granted to Mary; let us imitate her virtues. 
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ble himself by a sincere humility shall be exalted, 
and that we must follow our Saviour and tread 
the dolorous way of Calvary, in order to enter 
into glory. 

It is well to prepare for this great feast some 
days before, and to anticipate the fast of the 
eve by mortification, retreat, prayer, confession, 
and good works, that will fit us to share in the 
joy of the Church. 

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, September 
8. — After four thousand years' sorrow, a beauti- 
ful day came at last to gladden the earth. The 
birth of Mary was the dawn which ushered in 
the Sun of Justice, whose fruitful power was to 
render glory to God and give peace to men. 
The Holy Trinity bent on Mary their look of 
pleasure, and angels descended from Heaven 
and surrounded the cradle of their Queen, never 
to leave her. O blessed Anne ! O blessed 
Joachim ! who would not share your joy and 
rapture? Mary's birth is the festival of the 
whole earth. By this blessed event, Heaven 
dissipated our fears, excited our faith, strength- 
ened our hopes, banished despondency, en- 
couraged pusillanimity. O unspeakable gift of 
our God ! The Mother of the Redeemer has 
appeared ; let earth cease to mourn. Behold 



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her who will break the fetters of our slavery. 
Soon the fruitful clouds will rain down the Just 
one. From the bosom of Mary He will come 
forth to conquer hell and deliver earth. 

How beautiful was the day when it was said : 
The Mother of the Saviour is born ! Let us 
commemorate it by the practice of all virtues. 

All Saints, Nov. 1. — The number of 
Saints whose festivals are celebrated during the 
year is great, but the number of those whose 
names are unknown to us is still greater. Every 
age, every condition, every country has its own, 
and God who permits their glory to be hidden 
from the eyes of men, has written their names 
on the Book of Life while awaiting the day of 
revelation. To-day the Church presents to our 
veneration all the inhabitants of the heavenly 
Jerusalem, that there may be none unhonored, 
uninvoked, or to whom we do not pay a religi- 
ous homage. Let us be imitators of the Saints 
as they were of Jesus Christ. 

All Souls. The Commemoration of the 
Faithful Departed. Nov. 2. — If religion 
teaches us the necessity of being purified from 
all sin in order to enter Heaven, she is far from 
discouraging us in our weakness ; she shows us 
intercessors in our relatives and friends who 



64 The Christian Year. 

will survive us. How this doctrine draws more 
closely the ties of affection and charity which 
unite us, by the consoling thought of services 
to be rendered and received after death. It is 
indeed in the bosom of Catholicity that senti- 
ments of gratitude, friendship, filial piety, con- 
jugal love, maternal devotedness, subsist even 
beyond the grave ; and that death gives them 
fresh activity by the hope we have of being still 
useful to beings always dear to our hearts. It 
is only the true faith which pour such consola- 
tions into the bitterness of life. Can we help 
being deeply moved when we say : If I become 
more virtuous, if I purify myself in the salutary 
laver of penance, I may hasten by my prayers 
the happiness of those who have gone before 
me, and receive from those who survive me the 
favor I have obtained from those who preceded 
me ? Thus religion constantly offers us new 
motives for becoming more perfect, and thus 
brings us naturally to that oracle of the Holy 
Ghost, which we read in the office of this day ; 
" It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray 
for the dead." 




MORNING EXERCISE. 



THE Christian who is not satisfied to be 
one merely in name, but who would 
truly and practically act up to what he professes, 
should, on awakening in the morning, turn his 
mind to make three acts especially due to God 
and pleasing to Him. The first is the confes- 
sion and adoration of the most Holy Trinity, 

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the mystery of God one in Nature, three in Per- 
sons. The profession and confession of three 
divine Persons in one essence is the distinctive 
mark of the Christian faith, and this we openly 
declare by making the sign of the cross and 
pronouncing at the same time the names of the 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as the Church 
teaches her children to do ; if we accompany 
the movement of our hand and the sound of 
the tongue by devotion and attention of mind. 
The moment you awake, therefore, sign your- 
self on the forehead and the breast, and pro- 
nounce at the same time the solemn invoca- 
tion of the Holy Trinity, with the deepest rever- 
ence of a devout mind, so to adore God the 
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, one Eternal Al- 
mighty God, Infinite in goodness. 

The second duty is the exercise of the three 

i theological virtues, thus to consecrate to our 
Creator the first fruits, as k were, of the day, 
and to gain to ourselves beforehand His favor 

! which we so much need for everything. Re- 
peat, therefore, the Creed, pronouncing each of 
the articles with your whole heart, and making 
an act of the strongest adhesion to all the dog- 
mas it contains concerning the nature of God, 
the divine Persons, the Incarnation, life, death, 



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67 



and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the holy 
Church and all the rest, saying in your heart as 
you give utterance to the words : 

(~\ MY God, three Persons in one God, 



I believe in my heart, all that the 
holy Roman Catholic and Apostolical 
Church believes and teaches concerning 
Thee ; all that she believes and teaches 
concerning the Son of the Eternal Father, 
Who for me was made man, suffered, died, 
and rose again, and Who reigns in Heaven 
with the Father and the Holy Spirit ; and all 
the other articles of Faith, which this holy 
Church teaches and professes. I am ready 
to lose everything, to suffer all violence 
and more than that, to pour forth my 
blood and my life, rather than allow this 
faith to be torn from me, or allow the 
least doubt as to any part of it. I am 
fully resolved to live and die in this pro- 
fession, and if speech shall fail me, when 
I come to my last hour, now at this mo- 
ment, instead of then, I declare in words 
which express my whole heart, that I ac- 
knowledge Thee, O Lord Jesus, for the 




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Son of God, I believe in Thee and I sub- 
mit most humbly to Thee all my thoughts. 
Amen. 

T7R0M Thee also, O Jesus Christ, my 



A Redeemer, and from thy divine 
mercy I hope that through Thy merits, as- 
sisted by Thy grace, and corresponding to 
this grace by good works and fulfilling the 
precepts of Thy holy law, I shall one day 
come into the glory and happiness for 
which Thou hast been pleased to create 
and call me. Amen. 

I LOVE Thee also, O my God, above 
all things, and I hate and detest with 
my whole heart the sins by which I have 
offended Thee, because they are displeas- 
ing in Thy sight, Thou who art supremely 
good and worthy to be loved ; and as I 
acknowledge that I ought to love Thee 
with a love beyond all others, and strive 
to show Thee such love, so also I count 
Thee in my judgment infinitely above the 
worth of all things most fair and excellent, 




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and I firmly and irrevocably resolve never 
to consent to offend Thee, or to do any- 
thing in anyway which may displease 
Thy sovereign goodness, and put me in 
danger of falling from Thy holy grace, in 
which I am most firmly determined to 
persevere to my last breath. Amen. 

IN the third place, in order to begin the day 
and the hours of light well, we must ask 
of God our Lord, the assistance of His grace 
that we may observe exactly the ten command- 
ments of his most holy law ; for none can ar- 
rive at eternal salvation except by observing 
them. Therefore, the precepts of the Deca- 
logue should be repeated distinctly : 

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. 
(Exodus xx., Deut. v.) 
1. I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee 
out of the land of Egypt, and out of the house 
of bondage. Thou shalt not have strange gods 
before Me. Thou shalt not make to thyself a 
graven thing, nor the likeness to anything that 
is in Heaven above, or in the earth beneath, nor 
of those things that are in the waters under the 
earth. Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve 







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them ; I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, 
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon their 
children unto the third and fourth generation of 
those that hate Me ; and showing mercy unto 
thousands of those that love Me and keep My 
commandments. 

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord 
thy God in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord 
his God in vain. 

3. Remember that thou keep holy the Sab- 
bath-day. Six days shalt thou labor, and shalt 
do all thy works ; but on the seventh day is the 
Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; thou shalt do no 
work on it, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, 
nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor 
thy beast, nor the stranger that is within thy 
gates. For in six days the Lord made Heaven 
and earth, and the sea, and ail the things that 
are in them, and rested on the seventh day ; 
therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and 
sanctified it. 

4. Honor thy father and thy mother, that 
thou mayest be long-lived upon the land which 
the Lord thy God will give thee. 

5. Thou shalt not kill. 

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of a Christian. 71 

7. Thou shalt not steal. 

8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against 
thy neighbor. 

9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. 

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's 
house, nor his servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, 
nor anything that is his. 

After having pronounced them slowly and at- 
tentively, these words should be added : 

God our Lord says that those who observe 
and practice these ten Commandments shall go 
into Paradise, and there enjoy eternally supreme 
happiness. God our Lord says that those who 
do not observe and do not put in practice these 
Ten Commandments shall go into hell where 
they will be tormented eternally. 

These two prayers should be added in order 
to obtain grace to observe the commandments 
of God : 

I PRAY and beseech Thee, O Lord 
Jesus Christ, to grant me grace this 
day and during my whole life to observe 
perfectly the Ten Commandments. 

I beg and entreat thee, holy Mary, my 
Sovereign Lady, intercede for me with 
Thy most blessed Son, Jesus Christ, and 



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obtain from Him, to grant me this day 
and all my life grace faithfully to observe 
these Ten Commandments. Amen. 

Afterwards should be said with an attentive 
and devout heart, this prayer to God our Lord : 

O ALMIGHTY God, Father of my 
Soul, Creator of all things that are 
in the world, in Thee, my God and Lord, 
the source of all my good, I place my 
I whole confidence ; I hope without any 
doubt that I shall obtain eternal salvation 
from Thy grace through the infinite merits 
of the Passion and Death of my Lord 
Jesus Christ, although the sins which I 
have committed from my tender years up 
to this day are very great indeed and very 
many. Thou, O Lord, hast created me, 
and given me body and soul and all that 
I have. Thou alone and none else hast 
formed me in Thy image and likeness. I 
return to Thee, O my God, endless 
thanks and praise, especially for the bless- 
ing Thou hast granted me of knowing the 
faith and the true laws of Jesus Christ 



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Thy Son. Weigh, O Lord, in the bal- 
ance, my sins against the merits of the 
Death and Passion of my Lord Jesus 
Christ, and not against my own slender 
merits, which are indeed none at all ; and 
so I shall be free from the power of the 
enemy, and shall go and enjoy eternally 
the glory of Paradise. Amen. 

Prayer to our Most Holy Lady. 



v_/ Christians, and Queen of Angels, 
and of all the Saints who are with God in 
Heaven, I commend myself to thee, ray 
Lady, and to all the Saints, now, as if I 
w r ere at the hour of my death, to pre- 
serve me from the world, the flesh, and 
the devil, the enemies who plot against 
my soul, employing all their power, and 
hoping, with deadly hate, to thrust it 
down into hell. Hinder this, O most 
tender Mother, I pray and beseech thee. 
Amen. 




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Prayer to St. Michael, the Archangel. 

OMY most excellent Patron, the holy 
Archangel Michael, defend me 
against the devil at the hour of my death, 
when I shall stand before the judgment 
seat, rendering to God an account of my 
whole life. Amen. 

Prayer to the Holy Guardian Angel. 

O ANGEL of God, who by divine ap- 
pointment, art my guardian to 
watch over me in all my ways, be pleased 
this day to enlighten, preserve, rule, and j 
govern me, whom the goodness of God 
has committed to thy charge. 

After this usual formulary should be added : 

I beseech thee, O holy and blessed an- 
gel, to whose care and providence I am 
entrusted, be always at hand with help 
for me at the time of need. Bear my 
prayers into the sight of God our Lord, 
and let thy voice plead in His merciful 
ear, that by His mercy and through thy 



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intercession He may grant me the pardon 
of my past faults, a true knowledge of my 
present faults and a true contrition for 
them ; and lastly, efficacious care to 
avoid those of which in future my frailty 
may be in danger, and that He may also 
grant me the grace to do good works and 
to persevere in so doing to the end of my 
life, Drive far away from me, by the 
virtue of Almighty God, all the tempta- 
tions of Satan ; and what I cannot merit 
by my own works, obtain by thine own 
gracious and powerful prayers to Him 
who is the Lord of both of us, that no 
mixture of sin, no leaven of wickedness 
may have place in me. And, if at any 
time thou seest me wander out of the 
right way and fall off to the crooked ways 
of sin, use every means to bring me back 
again to seek my Saviour in the paths of 
justice. If thou seest me fall into tribu- j 
lation and distress, then in thy kindly 
charity use all thy sweet offices with God 
to obtain from Him for me at once the 
help which I need. I beseech thee never 



7 6 Daily Exercise 

j 

to desert me, to protect me ever, visit me, 
help me, and defend me from all the vex- 
ations and assaults of evil spirits, watch- 
ing over me night and day, at every hour, 
and at every moment, direct me whither 
thou wouldst have me go, and go with me 
and guard me. But above all things, 0 
my guide and holy guardian, again and 
again I pray and beseech thee, bend all 
thy powers and redouble thy care for me 
at the time of my departure from this 
life, and permit me not to be terrified by 
the attacks or spectres of my enemies the 
devils. Let them find me shielded most 
efficaciously by thee, so that I fall not into 
despair, and leave me not before thou 
hast led me into the beatific sight of 
God our Lord ; where with thee, with the 
most blessed Mother of God ever Virgin^ 
and all the saints, we may enjoy for ever 
the glory of Paradise, which is to be 
given us through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
Who, with the Father and the Holy 
Spirit, lives and reigns for ever. Amen. 



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Meditation. 

AFTER having begun by these prayers, it is 
well for the faithful Christian, before 
giving himself up to the occupations of life, to 
meditate a certain space of time on the law of 
the Lord, which he may do profitably by renew- 
ing every morning the following exercises : 
Prostrate before God, let him go through and 
meditate separately the ten commandments of 
His law, according to this form. The first 
commandment of the divine law of my Lord 
and Creator is this : Thou shall love and wor- 
ship the Lord thy God with all thy heart, etc. 
Then let him think over with himself and call 
to mind all the faults which, from his earliest 
years, he has committed against this precept 
during his whole life. Then condemning and 
detesting them with his w r hole heart, let him 
implore God to pardon those faults, and make 
a firm resolution to avoid henceforth sins of this 
kind, and rather to incur the risk and loss of all 
his property, his health, and even his life, than 
commit anything contrary to a commandment 
so just and salutary. Let him add two collo- 
quies, in some such words as these. First to 
Jesus Christ let him say : I pray and beseech 



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Thee, O Jesus, my Lord, grant me to-day and 
all the days of my life, the abundance of Thy 
grace to observe this first precept of Thy holy 
law. Then to the blessed Mother of Jesus 
Christ : O my Lady, holy Mary, I beseech thee 
to pray for me to the blessed fruit of your womb, 
Jesus Christ my Lord, that this day and all the 
remaining days of my life He may mercifully 
supply to me abundant grace to perform fully 
all that is prescribed to me by this first com- 
mandment of His most holy law. In the same 
way let him go through the nine other precepts 
of the Decalogue. 

This exercise, if gone through faithfully at 
the beginning of each day, is of the highest 
importance for securing eternal salvation. For 
as the Christian's whole hope and only way of 
arriving at the happiness to which he is called 
lies in his doing good works and avoiding evil 
works, of which the former are commended and 
the latter forbidden by the ten precepts of the 
divine law, it is easy to see how much it con- 
duces to this end to consider exactly and dis- 
tinctly each one of the divme precepts, and thus 
to have set before us as in a mirror the stains of 
our souls which must be removed, and how 
much is still lacking to us. From this springs 



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true contrition, whereby we efface our old sins, 
and also that we guard ourselves beforehand 
against those faults into which we are in danger 
of failing on account of the treacherous occa- j 
sion of daily life, and are able to weaken the 
power of bad associations and vicious habits, 
and daily acquire fresh strength from the firm 
and deliberate resolutions which we form, as also 
by imploring so continually the aid of God to 
resist the temptations to evil which may occur 
to us in ail kinds of wickedness, every one of 
which falls under the ban of some one of the 
ten commandments of God, and consequently 
may be thought of with the greatest profit to 
our souls on this daily examination of those 
commandments, made in this consideration of I 
them. 

Here is also a remedy for that blindness of 
the spiritual eye, so common in all those who 
live without reflection, who let themselves fall 
into sin without feeling it, and in whom long 
habit has so blunted the sting of conscience that 
they drink in iniquity like water, not knowing 
what they are doing, while they are preparing 
for themselves destruction at the end, and like 
gamesters, stake their eternal salvation or dam- 
nation on a chance throw. In this exercise ! 



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care must be taken to dwell the longest time on 
those precepts as to which each offends most 
often, and most seriously; exciting a more 
lively sorrow for such sins in particular out of 
love for the divine Majesty which they have 
offended, and gathering up all the strength of 
the soul to form an irrevocable resolution of 
abstaining from them henceforth, avoiding also 
the occasions of them, and taking all fit ways 
and means to root up the bad habit which car- 
ries us headlong into them, especially employ- 
ing the help of God's grace chiefly *for this | 
purpose. 

After having gone 'through the Ten Com- 
mandments, the Christian should pronounce 
with the greatest attention, these or the like 

words : 

I MOST firmly believe that if, which 
God forbid, death should surprise me j 
before I had obtained the pardon of my j 
grievous sin, committed against one of j 
these ten divine commandments, immedi- j 
ately and without any hope of a remission 
of the sentence, my poor soul would be I 
damned and cast into the everlasting fire j 



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8 



i 



of hell, to be then tormented throughout 
eternity, without any redemption, also I am 
certain that if, as I desire and hope, when 
I yield my last breath, I am free from any 
mortal sin, and if I begin at this moment 
to correct in myself the bad habit of sin- 
ning against the Ten divine Command- 
ments, then God our Lord will have com- 
passion on my soul, and however great 
may have been the number of sins on my 
life, will lead me to eternal salvation, that j 
is to say, to the glory of Paradise, after I 
have expiated the stains of my sins, by | 
the trials and sufferings of this world 
patiently endured or by the pains of 
purgatory. 

Of Hearing Mass. 
l^VERY morning when he leaves his home 



I y the Christian's first steps should be to 
the church, and there let him be present at the j 
Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. While Mass is 
said, he may say within himself, or with his lips 
if he like better, these prayers, or others like 




them : 



6— S. Heart. 



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OLORD Jesus Christ, love of my 
heart, by the five wounds which 
Thy love for us inflicted on Thee on the 
Cross, help Thy servants whom Thou hast 
redeemed with Thy most Precious Blood. 
Amen. 

LORD Jesus Christ, most merciful 
Saviour of men, by the Holy Cross, 
which Thou hast consecrated by the touch 
of Thy most pure Body, and which Thou 
hast purpled with Thy most Precious 
Blood ; by the virtue of the Passion and 
the Death which Thou didst suffer for me 
thereon, forgive me my sins as Thou didst 
forgive the thief crucified beside Thee ; 
give me victory over the enemies of my 
soul ; and by Thy grace bring the men 
who are against me to a true knowledge 
of Thy Divinity, and to true repentance 
of their sins. Amen. 

When the most Holy Body of the Lord is 
elevated and shown to the people, let him say : 



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I ADORE Thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, 
and I bless Thee for having ransomed 
the world and me by the Holy Cross. 
Amen. 

When the sacred chalice of the Precious 
Blood of our Lord is elevated, let him say : 

I ADORE Thee, O most sacred Blood 
of Jesus my Lord, shed upon the Cross 
to save sinners and me. Amen. 

And as it is fitting that the Christian should 
not only be careful for his own salvation, but 
that of others. I should advise every one to 
repeat this prayer for the conversion of infidels 
at the moment the priest consumes the sacred 
Body and Blood of Jesus Christ in consummating 
the sacrifice. 

O ETERNAL God, creator of all 
things, remember that the souls of 
infidels have been created by Thee out of 
nothing and formed after thine image and 
likeness. Behold, Lord, to the dishonor 
of Thy name, hell is peopled with them. 
Remember that Jesus, thy Son, suffered 



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for their salvation the most cruel death ; 
permit not, I beseech Thee, O Lord, that 
Thy Son be any longer held in contempt 
by these infidels ; but appeased by the 
prayers of thy chosen Saints, of the 
Church, the most holy Spouse of Thy Son, 
remember Thy mercy; forget their idol- 
atry and infidelity, and grant that they 
may at length acknowledge our Lord 
Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent, in 
whom is our salvation, our life, our resur- 
rection, by whom w T e have been saved and 
set at liberty, and to whom be all glory 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

During the Day. 

DURING the day the wear and tear of life 
and our promiscuous intercourse with 
men usually offer dangerous allurements to sin, 
especially to persons who by many sins in time 
past have contracted a habit of doing wrong. 
These last ought to recollect continually the 
shortness of this life, the nearness of death, the 
account they must render to God of all the 
actions of their life, the universal judgment 



■ 

of a Christian. 85 

when we shall appear before the inexorable 
judgment seat of Jesus Christ, the everlasting 
flames of the damned, and the eternal happiness 
of Paradise, for which we were created, which is 
to be irreparably lost by any mortal sin. A per- 
son who is habitually filled with these thoughts, 
when he takes himself to the daily occupations 
and recreations of life, will certainly fall far more 
rarely than others, and will rise again more 
easily after he has fallen ; and he will generally 
be found ready and disposed to do that during 
his life which at the hour of death he would 
wish to have done. It will also be good for 
every one to be fully persuaded and thoroughly 
to understand that there is a great difference 
between sins of frailty, which are wrung as if by 
stealth, by the power of temptation or the unex- 
pected snares of some false attraction, from 
persons otherwise well-disposed to good, and 
the great sins of inveterate habit, which have 
been long continued openly and shamelessly. 
The latter are incredibly greater than the former, 
the former more easily forgiven than the latter. 
So I should not be without hope that the re- 
pentance of persons whom a last illness might 
surprise in some fault of the first kind might 

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86 Daily Exei'cise 

people of the other sort, for such people seem 
to me not so much to leave their sins, as their 
sins to leave them ; and it seems to me likely 
that there exists, as it were, an agreement be- 
tween the divine mercy and justice of God, by 
which the indulgent kindness of his mercy may 
be allowed to cover those whose life has been 
once virtuously ordered, but who out of weak- 
ness and from the treachery of occasions of sin, 
which they never sought, may have been so un- 
happy as to fall into mortal sin, while those 
who, giving themselves an uninterrupted license 
in sin, are so bold as to carry on an open pro- 
fession of wickedness to the very end of their 
life, will be sacrificed to the vengeance of the 
justice of God. 

These things I specially commend to the 
thoughts of those who have hitherto found the 
holy war against sin a war of doubtful issue, 
and marked by successive alternation of fortune. 
As to those who are rather further advanced in 
the interior life and who have begun to taste 
how gracious is the Lord, I advise them often 
during the course of the day to raise their hearts 
to God, to make again and again acts of faith, 
of religion, of hope, and above all of pure 
and unmixed charity. It is a good thing to 



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know by heart forms of these acts, taken from 
the psalms or sacred hymns, and to repeat them 
from time to time. They may also be expressed 
in common language, or even sung. 

Here is a metrical exercise of the love of God, 
without any mixture of our own interest, for the 
use of those who like it : — 

OGOD, Thou art the object of my love, 
Not for the hopes of endless joys above, 
Nor for the fear of endless pains below, 
Which those who love Thee not must undergo ; 
For me, and such as me, Thou once didst bear 
The ignominious Cross, the nails, the spear, 
A thorny crown transpierced Thy sacred brow, 
What bloody sweats from every member flow ! 
For me in torture Thou resign'dst Thy breath, 
Nailed to the Cross, and sav'dst me by Thy death : 
Say, can these sufferings fail my heart to move? 
What but Thyself can now deserve my love ? 
Such as then was and is thy love to me, 
Such is and such shall be still, my love to Thee. 
Thy love, O Jesus, may I ever sing, 
O God of love, kind Parent, dearest King? Amen. 

Evening Exercise. 

AFTER the occupations of the day, when 
night the time for rest arrives, a Chris- 
tian must never allow himself to trust his soul 



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to sleep, which is the likeness of death, without 
being prepared as for death itself. For who can 

| promise him that on the morrow he will awake 
in health of mind and body ? If he is wise he 

| cannot doubt that most surely during the night 
which is about to begin, many in this wide 
world will be overpowered by some accident 

| while they sleep, and so pass from sleep to 

| death. 

And since no one is able to guarantee him 
from being of the number, it would be unheard 1 
of folly to neglect those precautions, the irre- 
parable omission of which may perhaps be mat- 
ter for eternal sorrow. Therefore, let him kneel 
down before God, our sovereign Judge, and first 
give Him thanks for the great and innumerable 
blessings that He has given him during the 
course of his life, especially on the day that has 
just passed, as far as he knows them, and can 
give thanks for them ; then having first implored 
light from above to recognize his faults, let him 
set on the other side the evils he has committed, 
calling to mind and confessing with shame 
whatever sins, especially that day, he may have 
committed, against or beyond the law of God, 
in omission, deed, will, thought, or word. 

Having thus collected his heap of sins, let 



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him first condemn them in his own heart and 
abominate them with piercing sorrow, and then 
do away with them by the fire of the love of God, 
which alone has power that can destroy them; 
and by means of true contrition, conceived en- 
tirely out of perfect charity for God, who de- 
serves infinite love, root out their remains and 
utterly blot them out, using all the force of his 
heart in this contrition ; and then let him make 
a firm resolution never to consent to the like 
again, either for any hope of enjoyment, or profit, 
or from the fear of any danger whatsoever. With 
these things in his mind, let him repeat the 
ordinary form of confession of sins : I confess 
to Almighty God, etc. Let him also implore 
the help of God to perform what he has prom- 
ised, making, for this purpose, prayers to Jesus 
Christ, to His most holy Mother, to the holy 
Guardian Angel, and to the Saints, inhabitants 
of Heaven, like the prayers set down before. 

Parents and the heads of families ous-ht to take I 
great care to accustom their children, both boys j 
and girls, from their tenderest years, to make 
these exercises daily, morning and night, or I 
others of the same kind, as far as the capacity 
of their age allows ; and if they are not able to 
pray mentally, let them order them at least 



go Daily Exercise of a Christian. 

vocally in the morning when they rise, and be- 
fore going to sleep at night, to pray to God on 
their knees, reciting three times the Hail Mary, 
according to the custom of the Church, as well 
as the Lord s Prayer and the Holy Creed, taking 
care to dwell rather more distinctly in thought 
on the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus 
Christ. 





MOBJOTG PRATER. 

WE must anticipate the sun to bless Thee, 
and adore Thee at the dawning of the 
light, " says the wise man. ' ' In the morning I 
will stand before Thee, " says the Psalmist. ' 1 For 
to Thee will I pray, O Lord : in the morning 
Thou shalt hear my voice. 99 Our Saviour con- 
secrated by His own example this meet offering 
of the first fruits of the day. At dawn He 
retired apart to pray. Indeed, is it not God 
who bestows on us this day just commencing for 
us? What more just than to thank Him for it, 
and offer it to Him ! Do we know what acci- 
dents, what trials, what temptations await us? 
What more reasonable than to invoke the arbiter 
of all events, the dispenser of graces, the author 
of all gifts ? Our existence is frail indeed ; life 



92 Morning Prayer. 



is beset with snares, disappointments, and re- 
verses ; but God is infinitely good, infinitely 
merciful; He is always nigh to them that invoke 
Him. Let us, then, never omit Morning 
Prayer ; let us devote to it the first moments at 
our command, for fear that otherwise we may 
not find time for it. 

Before prayer, let us recollect ourselves a 
moment, and after considering our own nothing- 
ness, and the divine Majesty before which we 
are, let us enter into sentiments of fear and love, 
like those of the patriarch Jacob, when he cried 
at the sight of the spot where he had felt the 
effect of the divine presence : " Indeed the Lord 
is in this place." Let our souls also be pene- 
trated with the humble confidence which made 
Abraham say : "1 will speak to my Lord, 
whereas I am dust and ashes. " 

The sun by its rising announces Thy majesty, 

0 Lord, and the delights of the morning Thy 
goodness. I hear around me, as it were, a 
beautiful hymn of gratitude which rises toward 
Heaven. They are all Thy creatures saluting 
Thee at the commencement of the day. And 

1 too bless Thee, O my God ; my first sensation 
is a sigh of love for Thee ; my first word a 
chant of glory, and an act of thanksgiving. 




M0M1M PRATERS. 

iff In the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Blessed be the most Holy 
and undivided Trinity, now 
and forever. Amen. 

MOST holy and undivided Trin- 
ity, one God in three persons, 
I adore Thee with profound humility, 
and offer Thee with mv whole heart, 
the homage due to Thy sovereign 
Majesty. O my God, I return Thee 



94 



Morning Prayers. 



thanks for the innumerable favors and 
benefits which I have received, especi- 
ally for my preservation during the 
past night. I consecrate this day to 
Thee, and desire to employ it wholly 
in Thy service. I offer Thee all my 
thoughts, words, actions, and suffer- 
ings. Bless them, O Lord, that they 
may all be animated by Thy love and 
may tend to Thy greater honor and 
glory. 

O adorable Jesus, divine model of 
that perfection to which Ave should all 
aspire, I am resolved to become like 
Thee, mild, humble, chaste, zealous, 
patient, charitable, and resigned. I 
will, in particular, exert all my efforts 
not to fall this day into the faults I so 
frequently commit, and which I most 
earnestly desire to correct. 

O my God, thou knowest my weak- 
ness, and that I can do nothing with- 

o 



Morning Prayers. 



out the assistance of Thy grace ; do 
not deny it to me, O my God! but 
proportion it to my wants. Give me 
sufficient strength to avoid evil, to 
practice all the good Thou expectest 
of me, and to suffer patiently all the 
afflictions Thou mayest be pleased to 
send me. 



Pater Xoster. 

Pater noster, qui es 
in ccelis, sanctificetur 
nomen tuum: adyemat 
regnum tuum: fiat vo- 
luntas tua.sicut in ccelo 
et in terra. Panem nos- 
trum quotidianum da 
nobis hodie. Etdimitte 
nobis debita nostra, 
sicut et nos dimitti- 
mus debitoribus nos- 
tris. Et ne nos in- 
ducas in tentationem, 
sed libera nos a malo. 
Amen. 



The Lord s Prayer. 

Our Father, who art 
in Heaven, hallowed 
be Thy name : Thy 
kingdom come : Thy 
will be done on earth 
as it is in Heaven. 
Give us this day our 
daily bread. And for- 
give us our trespasses, 
as we forgive them that 
trespass against us. 
And lead us not into 
temptation ; but deliver 
us from evil. Amen. 



Morning Prayers, 



9 6 

Ave Maria. 

Ave, .Maria, gratia 
plena ; Dominus te- 
cum : benedicta tu in 
mulieribus, et benedic- 
tus fructus ventris tui, 
Jesus. Sancta Maria, 
Mater Dei, era pro no- 
bis peccatoribus, nunc 
et in hora mortis nos- 
tras. Amen. 

Credo in Deum. 

Credo in Deum, Pa- 
ttern omnipotentem, 
Creatorem cceli et ter- 
ras. Et in Jesuin 
Christum. Fiiium ejus 
unicum, Dominum 
nostrum ; qui concep- 
tus est de Spiritu Sanc- 
to, natus ex Maria Vir- 
gine, passus sub Pontio 
Pilato, crucifixus. mor- 
tuus, et sepultus ; de- 
scendit ad inferos ; 



The Hail Mary. 

Hail Maria, full of 
grace ! the Lord is with 
thee : blessed art thou 
among women, and 
blessed is the fruit of 
thy womb, Jesus. 
Holy Mary, Mother of 
God, pray for us sin- 
ners, now and at the 
hour of our death. 
Amen. 

The Creed. 

I BELIEVE in God, 

the Father Almighty, 
Creator of Heaven and 
earth. And in Jesus 
Christ, His only Son. 
our Lord ; who was 
conceived by the Holy 
Ghost, born of the 
Virgin Mary, suffered 
under Pontius Pilate, 
was crucified, dead, 
and buried ; he de- 
scended into hell ; the 



Morning Prayers. 97 



tertia die resurrexit a 
mortuis ; ascendit ad 
ccelos, sedet ad dex- 
teram Dei Patris omni- 
potentis; indeventurus 
est judicare vivos et 
mortuos. Credo in 
Spiritum Sanctum, 
sanctam Ecclesiam Ca- 
tholicam, Sanctorum 
communionem, remis- 
sionem peccatorum, 
carnis resurrectionem, 
vitam aeternam. Amen. 



Confiteor. 

Confiteor Deo om- 
nipotenti, beatse Marias 
semper Virgini, beato 
Michaelo Archangelo, 
beato Joanni Baptistse, 
Sanctis Apostolis Petro 
et Paulo, et omnibus 
Sanctis : quia peccavi 
nimis cogitatione, ver- 

7— S. Heart. 



third day he rose again 
from the dead ; he as- 
cended into Heaven, 
and sitteth at the right 
hand of God, the Fa- 
ther Almighty ; from 
thence He shall come 
to judge the living and 
the dead. I believe in 
the Holy Ghost, the 
holy Catholic Church, 
the communion of 
Saints, the forgiveness 
of sins, the resurrection 
of trie body, and the life 
everlasting. Amen. 

The Confession. 

I confess to Al- 
mighty God, to bless- 
ed Mary; ever Virgin, 
to blessed Michael the 
Archangel, to blessed 
John the Baptist, to 
the holy Apostles Peter 
and Paul, and to all the 
Saints : that I have 



98 Morning Prayers. 



bo,et opere: mea culpa, 
mea culpa, mea maxi- 
ma culpa. Ideo precor 
beatam Mariam semper 
Virginem, beatum Mi- 
chaelum Archangel- 
urn, beatum Joannem 
Baptistam, sanctos 
Apostolos Petrum et 
Paulum, et omnes 
Sanctos, orare pro me 
ad Dominum Deum 
nostrum. 



MlSEREATUR nOStri 

omnipotens Deus, et 
dimissis peccatis nos- 
tris, perducat nos ad 
vitam seternam. Amen. 

Indulgentiam, ab- 
solutionem et remissio- 
nem peccatorum nos- 
trorum tribuat nobis 
omnipotens et miseri- 
cors Dominus. Amen. 



sinned exceedingly in 
thought, word, and 
deed : through my 
fault, through my 
fault, through my most 
grievous fault. There- 
fore I beseech the bless- 
ed Mary ever Virgin, 
blessed Michael the 
Archangel, blessed 
John the Baptist, the 
holy Apostles Peter and 
Paul, and all the 
Saints, to pray to the 
Lord our God for me. 

May the almighty 
God have mercy on us, 
and forgive us our sins, 
and bring us to life 
everlasting. Amen. 

May the almighty 
and merciful Lord give 
us pardon, absolution, 
and remission of our 
sins. Amen. 



Morning Prayers. 99 



HOLY Virgin Mother of my God, who 
art also my Mother and Patroness, 
I place myself under thy protection, and 
throw myself with confidence beneath the 
wings of thy mercy. Be thou, O Mother 
of Tenderness, my refuge in trouble, my 
consolation in trial, and my advocate with 
thy Divine Son, this day, every day of 
my life, and particularly in the hour of my 
death. 




NGEL from Heaven, my faithful and 
charitable guide, obtain for me the 



grace to be docile to thy inspirations, and 
always to correct my steps in such a man- 
ner as never wilfully to stray from the 
commands of God. 

GREAT Saint whose name I have the 
honor to bear, protect and pray for 
me, that, like thee, I may serve God faith- 
fully on earth, and glorify Him eternally 
in Heaven. 



ioo Morning Prayers. 

An Act of Faith. 

OMY God ! I firmly believe all the 
sacred truths which Thy Holy Cath- 
olic Church believes and teaches, because 
Thou hast revealed them, who canst nei- 
ther deceive nor be deceived. 

An Act of Hope. 

OMY God ! relying on Thy infinite 
goodness and -promises, I hope to 
obtain the pardon of my sins, the assist- 
ance of Thy grace, and life everlasting, 
through the merits of Jesus Christ, and 
by the intercession of His Blessed Mother, 
and all the Saints. 

An Act of Love. 

OMY God! I love thee above all 
things with my whole heart and 
soul, purely because of Thy infinite per- 
fections, and I love my neighbor as myself 
for the love of thee ; I forgive all who 
have injured me, and ask pardon of all 
whom I have injured. 



Morn ing Prayers. i o i 



Act of Contrition. 

OM Y God I am most heartily sorry 
for all my sins ; I detest them 
above all things from the bottom of my 
heart, because they displease Thee, my 
God, who alone art worthy of my love, 
on account of Thy amiable and adorable 
perfections, and I firmly purpose with the 
assistance of Thy holy grace, never more 
to offend Thee, and to do all that I can to 
atone for my sins. 

Most afflicted Heart of Mary pray for 
us. 




* THE LITANY OF THE 

HOLY NAME OF JESUS. 

{Form approved by Pope Pius IX) 



Lord, have mercy on us. 

Christ, have mercy on us. 

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Jesus, hear us. 

Jesus, graciously hear us. 

Father of Heaven, God, *| 

Son, Redeemer of the world, God, | 

Holy Ghost, God, g 

Holy Trinity, one God, > % 

Jesus, Son of the living God, ^ 

Jesus, Splendor of the Father, 8 

Jesus, Brightness of eternal Light, J p 



Litany of the Holy Name. 

Jesus, King of Glory, 

Jesus, the Sun of Justice, 

Jesus, Son of the Virgin Mary, 

Jesus amiable, 

Jesus admirable, 

Jesus, the powerful God, 

Jesus, Father of the world to come, 

Jesus, Angel of the great council, 

Jesus, most powerful, 

Jesus, most patient, 

Jesus, most obedient, 

Jesus, meek and humble of heart, 

Jesus, lover of chastity, 

Jesus, lover of us, 

Jesus, God of peace, 

Jesus, Author of life, 

Jesus, Model of all virtues, 

Jesus, zealous for souls, 

Jesus, our God, 

Jesus, our refuge, 

Jesus, Father of the poor, 

Jesus, Treasurer of the faithful, 

Jesus, good Shepherd, 

Jesus, true Light, 

Jesus, eternal Wisdom, 



104 Litany of the Holy Name. 



Jesus, infinite Goodness, 
Jesus, our Way and our Life, ^ 
Jesus, Joy of angels, & 
Jesus, King of the patriarchs, 
Jesus, Master of the apostles, 
Jesus, Teacher of the evangelists, 
Jesus, Strength of martyrs, 
Jesus, Light of confessors, 
Jesus, Purity of virgins, 
Jesus, Crown of all saints, 
Be merciful, Spare us, O Jesus. 
Be merciful, Hear us> 0 Jesus. 
From all evil, 
From all sin, 
From thy wrath, 
From the snares of the devil, 
From the spirit* of fornication, 
From eternal death, 
From the neglect of thy inspira- 
tions, 

By the mystery of thy holy incarna- 
tion, 
By thy nativity, 
By thy infancy, 
By thy most divine life, 



Litany of the Holy Name. io5 



By thy resurrection, ^ 
By thy ascension, ^ 
By thy joys, g 
By thy glory, ^ ^ 

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 

of the world, Spare us, O Jesus ! 
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 

of the world, Hear us, O Jesus ! 
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world, Have mercy on us, O Jesus / 
Jesus, hear us. 
Jesus, graciously hear us. 



LORD Jesus Christ, who hast said : 



V_y Ask, and you shall receive ; seek, and 
you shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened 
unto you ; mercifully attend to our sup- 
plication, and grant us the gift of Thy 
divine charity, that we may ever love Thee 



By thy labors, 

By thy agony and passion, 

By thy cross and dereliction, 

By thy languors, 

By thy death and burial, 



1 




Let us pray. 




106 Devout Recommendation. 

with our whole heart and never desist from 
thy praise. 

O JESUS! grant us a perpetual fear 
and love of thy holy name, as thou 
never ceasest to direct and govern by thy 
Providence those whom thou dost instruct 
in the solidity of thy love. 



A Devout Recommendation, which may be used 
every Morning. 

I ADORE and glorify thee, O blessed 
Trinity, God Almighty, Father, Son, 
and Holy Ghost. I offer myself to thy 
divine Majesty, humbly beseeching thee 
to take from me, and from all thy faith- 
ful, whatever displeases thee, and to give 
us that which is grateful in thy sight ; 
grant that we may here do what thou com- 
mandest, and hereafter receive what thou 
promisest. 

To thee, O Lord, I commend my soul 
and body (my wife and children, my fath- 
er and mother y my brothers and sisters), 
my kinsfolk, benefactors, and friends, all 



Devout Recommendation. 1 07 

my nearest and dearest relatives, and all 
those for I am any ways bound to offer 
up my prayers. To thee I commend the 
Holy Catholic Church. To thee I com- 
mend these United States, and our Presi- j 
dent. Grant, O Lord, that all may know 
thee, all may honor and reverence thee, all j 
may love thee, and be loved by thee. Re- 1 
call those that err, and bring them again 
into the way of truth : abolish heresies, and 
convert to the true faith, all who as yet 
know thee not. Grant us, O Lord, thy 
grace, and preserve us in thy peace ; may 
thy holy will be done, and not ours. Com- 
fort all that lead their lives in sorrow, | 
misery, or temptation, and mercifully re- 
lieve them in their afflictions, whether 
spiritual or corporal. Lastly, I commend 
all universally to thy holy protection, be- 
seeching thee to vouchsafe to grant unto 
the living forgiveness of their sins, and to | 
the souls departed rest everlasting. Amen. 

GRANT, O my Lord Jesus Christ, that 
I may persevere in good purposes, j 



io8 Prayer to Angel Guardian. 

and in thy holy service, to my death ; and 
that I may this day perfectly begin, for all 
I have hitherto done is nothing. Amen. 

Here, if you have leisure, add, out of the Devout 
Prayers any one that is adapted to your 
state in life, or the prayer for the day of the week. 

O ANGEL of God, to whose care I am 
committed by the supreme clemency, 
illuminate, defend, and govern me this 
day in all my thoughts, words, and actions. 
Amen. 

Bless us, O Lord, and preserve us from 
all evil, and bring us to eternal life ; and 
may the souls of the faithful departed, 
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. 
Amen. 





DAILY DEVOTIONS. 



The Angelas Domini, 

To be said morning, noon, and night, in mem- 
ory of the adorable mystery of the Incarnation of 
our blessed Saviour. 

1. THE angel of the Lord declared unto 
Mary; and she conceived of the Holy 
Ghost. Hail Mary. 

2. Behold the handmaid of the Lord, 
be it done unto me according to thy 
word. Hail Mary. 

3. And the Word was made flesh, and 
dwelt among us. Hail Mary. 

V. Pray for us, holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 



I HO The Angelus. 

Let us Pray. 

POUR down thy grace into our souls, 
we beseech thee, O Lord ; that as we 
have known the Incarnation of Christ, 
thy Son, by the message of an angel, 
so, by his passion and cross, we may 
come to the- glory of his resurrection. 
| Through the same Christ, our Lord. 
Amen. 

At Paschal time, instead of the above, say, 
standing : 

QUEEN of Heaven, rejoice, Alleluia. 
He whom thou wast made worthy 
to bear, Alleluia, 

i 

Hath risen as He said, Alleluia. 
Pray for us to our God, Alleluia. 

V. Rejoice and be glad, O Mary the 

Virgin, Alleluia. 
R. For the Lord hath risen indeed, Al- 
leluia. 

Let us pray. 

OGOD, who through the resurrection 
of Thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, 
hast been pleased, etc., as p. 529. 



Grace. 



1 1 1 



Grace before Meals. 
Benedict, Domine, Bless us, O Lord, 
and these Thy gifts, 
which of Thy bounty 
we are about to receive ; 
through Christ our 
Lord. R. Amen. 



nos et haec tua dona, 
quae de tua largitate su- 
mus sumpturi, per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. R. Amen. 



Thanksgiving after Meals, 
Agimus tibi gratias, 



omnipotens Deus, pro 
universis beneflciis 
tuis ; qui vivis et reg- 
nas in saecula saeculo- 
rum. Amen. 

Retribuere dignere, 
Domine, omnibus no- 
bis bona facientibus 
propter nomen tuum, 
vitam aeternam. R. 
Amen. 

Fidelium animae, 
etc. 



through 
Lord. 



We return Thee 
thanks, Almighty God, 
for these and all the 
blessings received from 
Thy bounty; 
Christ our 
Amen. 

Vouchsafe, O Lord, 
to render to all who do 
us good for Thy name's 
sake, life everlasting. 
R. Amen. 

May the souls, etc. 




EVENING PRAYERS. 

*|« In the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Let us place ourselves in the presence 
of God and adore Him. 

I ADORE Thee, O my God, with 
the dispositions with which the 
presence of Thy Sovereign Greatness 
inspires me. I believe in Thee be- 
cause Thou art truth itself; I hope in 



Evening Prayers. 1 1 3 



Thee because Thou art infinitely 
good ; I love Thee with my whole 
heart, because Thou art supremely 
amiable ; and I love my neighbor as 
myself for the love of Thee. 

What thanks, O my God, should I 
not return Thee for the many favors 
Thou hast been pleased to bestow 
upon me. Thou hast thought of me 
from all eternity ; Thou hast drawn me 
out of nothing; and Thou dost con- 
tinue daily to load me with innumer- 
able blessings ! Alas ! my God, what 
can I return to Thee for such bounty? 
Unite with me, ye blessed Spirits, in 
praising the God of mercies, who 
never ceases to confer favors, even on 
the most ungrateful and unworthy of 
His creatures. 

Come, Holy Spirit, Eternal Source 
of Light, dispel the darkness that con- 
ceals from me the malice and deform- 

6 — 6- Heart. 



1 14 Evening Prayers. 

ity of my sins. Grant, 0 my God, 
that I may detest them, if possible, as 
much as Thou dost, and that I may 
dread nothing so much as to commit 
any in future. 

Daily Examination. 

Examine your conscience, and consider where and in 
what company you have been this day. Call to mind 
the sins committed against God, your neighbor, or 
yourself ; and reflect whether you have fulfilled the 
duties of your state of life. 

Against God. — By omission or negligence in 
the discharge of our religious duties ; irrever- 
ence, wilful distractions, or inattention in prayer ; 
resistance to the divine grace; oaths; murmur- 
ings; want of confidence and resignation. 
[Pause and examine. ] 

Against our Neighbor. — By rash judgments : 
hatred ; jealousy ; contempt ; desire of revenge ; 
quarrelling ; passion ; imprecations ; injuries ; 
detraction ; raillery ; false reports ; damaging, 
either of goods or reputation ; bad example ; 
scandal ; want of obedience, respect, charity, or 
fidelity. [Pause and examine. ] 



Evening Prayers. 1 1 5 

: 

Against Ourselves. — By vanity; human re- 
spect ; lies ; thoughts, desires, discourses, or 
actions contrary to purity ; by intemperance, 
rage, or impatience ; by an useless and sensual 
life ; or by sloth, in not complying with the du- 
ties of our state. [Pause and examine. ] 

WHAT would I not give, O my 
God! that I had never of- 
fended Thee ! but since I have been 
so unhappy as to displease Thee, I am 
resolved to testify my grief by leading 
a more regular life. I renounce all 
my sins and the occasions of them, 
especially those into which I have had 
the unhappiness so frequently to re- 
lapse ; and if Thou wilt give me Thy 
grace, as I most fervently hope and 
implore, I will strive to fulfil all my 
obligations, and nothing shall be capa- 
ble of withholding me when called 
upon to serve Thee. 



1 1 6 Eve7iing Prayers. 

The Lord 1 s Prayer. 

OUR Father, who art in Heaven, 
hallowed be Thy name ; Thy 
kingdom come ; Thy will be done on 
earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this 
day our daily bread ; and forgive us 
our trespasses, as we forgive them 
who trespass against us ; and lead us 
not into temptation ; but deliver us 
from evil. Amen. 

The Angelical Salutation. 

IT AIL Mary, full of grace, our 
jL Lord is with thee ; blessed art 
thou amongst women ; and blessed is 
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy 
Mary, Mother of God, pray for us 
sinners, now, and at the hour of our 
death. Amen. 



Evening Prayers. 



The Apostles' Creed. 

I BELIEVE in God, the Father Al- 
mighty, Creator of Heaven and 
earth ; and in Jesus Christ His only 
Son, our Lord ; who was conceived 
by the Holy Ghost ; born of the Vir- 
gin Mary ; suffered under Pontius 
Pilate ; was crucified, dead, and buried ; 
He descended into Hell ; the third day 
He rose again from the dead ; He as- 
cended into Heaven ; and sitteth at 
the right hand of God, the Father Al- 
mighty ; from thence He shall come 
to judge the living and the dead. I 
believe in the Holy Ghost ; the Holy 
Catholic Church ; the communion of 
Saints ; the forgiveness of sins ; the 
resurrection of the body ; and the 
life everlasting. Amen, 



1 1 S Evening Prayers. 

The Con fit e or, or General Confession. 

I CONFESS to Almighty God, to 
the blessed Mary, ever Virgin., 
to blessed Michael the Archangel, to 
blessed John the Baptist, to the holy 
apostles Peter and Paul, and to all the 
Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly, 
in thought, word, and deed, through 
; my fault, through my fault, through my 
most grievous fault. Therefore I be- 
seech the blessed Mary, ever Virgin, 
blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed 
John the Baptist, the holy apostles 
Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to 
pray to the Lord our God for me. 

-May Almighty God have mercy on 
me, forgfive me mv sins, and bring" me 
to everlasting" life. Amen. 

May the Almighty and most merci- 
ful God grant me pardon, remission 
and absolution of all my sins. 



Evening Prayers. 1 1 9 



Bless, O Lord, the repose I am 
about to take in order to repair my 
strength, and thus become better en- 
abled to serve Thee. 

Holy Virgin, Mother of my God, 
and after Him my only hope, my good 
Angel, my holy Patron, intercede for 
me, protect me during this coming 
night, through my whole life, and 
particularly at the hour of my 
death. 

Pour down Thy blessing, O Lord, 
upon my parents, benefactors, friends 
and enemies. Protect all those placed 
over me in authority, whether spiritual 
or temporal. Succor the poor, all who 
are in prison, the afflicted, the sick, 
the agonizing and travellers. Convert 
the hearts of heretics and enlighten 
the minds of infidels. 

O God of bounty and mercy, take 



120 Evening Prayers. 

pity on the souls of the faithful suffer- 
ing in purgatory ; deliver them from 
their torments ; and grant eternal life 
and rest to all those for whom I am 
bound to pray. 




* LITANY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. 

COMMONLY CALLED THE LITANY OF LORETTO. 
(Partial Indulgences. Plenary on the Feasts of the B.V.) 



Ant Sub tuum pre- 
sidium confugimus, 
sancta Dei Genitrix, 
nostras deprecationes 
ne despicias in neces- 
sitatibus nostris ; sed 
a periculis cunctis li- 
bera nos semper, Vir- 
go gloriosa et bene- 
dicta. 

Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 



Ant. We fly to thy 
patronage, O holy 
Mother of God ; de- 
spise not our petitions 
in our necessities ; but 
deliver us always from 
all dangers, O glorious 
and blessed Virgin. 

Lord have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 



12 2 Litany of the B. Virgin. 



Christe eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Christe audi nos. 
Christe exaudi nos. 

Pater de coelis 

Deus, 
Fili Redemptor 

mundi Deus, 

Spiritus Sancte De- 
us, 

Sancta Trinitas, 
unus Deus, 

Sancta Maria, 

Sancta Dei Geni- 
trix, 

Sancta Virgo Vir- 

ginum, 
Mater Christi, 
Mater divinse gra- 

tise, 

Mater purissima, 
Mater castissima, 



s 

3 



Christ have mercy. 
Christ have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Christ hear us. 
Christ graciously 
us. 

God the Father of 1 
Heaven, 

God the Son, Re- 
deemer of the 
world, 

God, the Holy 
Ghost, 

Holy Trinity, one 
God, 

Holy Mary, 

Holy Mother of 
God, 

Holy Virgin of 

virgins, 
Mother of Christ, 
Mother of divine 

grace, 
Mother most pure 
Mother most 

chaste, 



hear 



Litany of the B. Virgin. 1 2 3 



Mater inviolata, 
Mater intemerata, 
Mater amabilis, 

Mater admirabilis, 

Mater Creatoris, 

Mater Salvatoris, 

Virgo prudentissi- 
ma, 

Virgo veneranda, 

Virgo praedicanda, 

Virgo potens, 

Virgo clemens, 

Virgo fidelis, 

Speculum justitise, 
Sedes sapientiae, 
Causa nostras laeti- 
tiae, 



r 



Mother inviolate, 
Mother undented, 
Mother most ami- 
able, 

Mother most ad- 
mirable, 

Mother of our 
Creator, 

Mother of our 
Saviour, 
^ Virgin most pru- 

2 dent, 

Virgin most ven- 

3 erable, 

Virgin most re- 
nowned, 

Virgin most pow- 
erful, 

Virgin most mer- 
ciful, 

Virgin most faith- 
ful, 

Mirror of justice, 
Seat of wisdom, 
Cause of our joy, 



124 Litany of the B. Virgin. 



Spiritual vessel, 
Vessel of honor, 
Vessel of singular 

devotion, 
Mystical rose, 
Tower of David, 
Tower of ivory, 
House of gold, 
Ark of the coven- 
ant, 

Gate of Heaven, 
5> Morning star, 
^ Health of the sick, 
3 Refuge of sinners, ^ 
^ < 



Comforter of the 
afflicted, 

Help of Chris- 
tians, 

Queen of angels, 



Vas spirituale, 
Vas honorabile, 
Vas insigne devo- 

tionis, 
Rosa mystica, 
Turris Davidica, 
Turris eburnea, 
Domus aurea, 
Foederis area, 

Janua cceli, 
Stella matutina, 
Salus infirmorum, 
Refugium pecca- 

torum, 
Consolatrix afflic- 

torum, 
Auxilium Chris- 

tianorum, 
Regina Angelo- 

rum, 

Regina Patriarcha- 
rum, 

Regina Propheta- 
rum, 

Regina Apostolo- 
rum, 



Queen of Patri- 
archs, 

Queen of Proph- 
ets, 

Queen of Apostles, 

) 



Litany of the B. Virgin. 125 

Regina Martyrum, ] Queen of Martyrs, * 
Regina Confesso- Queen of Confes- 

rum, O sors, ^ 
Regina Virginum, ^ Queen of Virgins, ^ 
Regina Sancto- r 2 Queen of all 

rum omnium, § Saints, ^ 
Regina sine labe Queen conceived h 

originali con- without original 

cepta, J sin, 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis Lamb of God, who 

peccata mundi, takest away the sins 

of the world, 
Parce nobis, Domine. Spare us, 0 Lord, 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis Lamb of God, w T ho 

peccata mundi) takest away the sins 

of the w r orld, 
Exaudi nos, Domine. Graciously hear us, 0 

Lord, 

Agnus Dei, qui tollis Lamb of God, who 
peccata mundi, takest away the sins 

of the world, 
Miserere nobis. Have mercy on us, 
Christe audi nos. Christ hear us. 
Christe exaudi nos. Christ graciously hear 

us. 

Ant. Subtuum prse- Ant. We fly to thy 







126 Litany of the B. Virgin. 



sidium confugimus, 
sancta Dei Genitrix, 
nostras deprecationes, 
ne despicias in neces- 
sitatibus nostris ; sed 
a periculis cunctis li- 
bera nos semper, Virgo 
gloriosa et benedicta. 

V. Ora pro nobis, 
sancta Dei Genitrix. 

R. Ut digni effici- 
amtir promissionibus 
Christi. 



patronage, O holy 
Mother of God, de- 
spise not our petitions 
in our necessities ; but 
deliver us always from 
all dangers, O glorious 
and blessed Virgin. 

V. Pray for us, 0 
holy Mother of God. 

R. That we may be 
made worthy of the 
promises of Christ 



Or emus. 

Gratiam tuam, quas- 
sumus, Domine, men- 
tibus nostris infunde : 
ut qui, angelo nunti- 
ante, Christi Filii tui 
incarnationem cogno- 
vimus, per passionem 
ejus et crucem, ad re- 
surrectionis gloriam 
perducamur ; per eun- 



Let us pray. 

Pour forth, we be- 
seech Thee, O Lord, 
Thy grace into our 
hearts, that we, to 
whom the incarnation 
of Christ Thy Son has 
been made known by 
the message of an angel, 
may, by His Passion 
and Cross, be brought 



Litany of the B. Virgin. 127 



dem Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. 
R. Amen. 

V. Divinum auxili- 
um maneat semper no- 
biscum. R. Amen. 



to the glory of His 
resurrection : through 
the same Christ our 
Lord. R. Amen. 

V. May the divine 
assistance remain al- 
ways with us. i?.Amen. 



Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 

LORD Jesus, who through Thy 
tender love for the Church, Thy 
Spouse, hast been pleased to open to 
her the riches and sweetness of Thy 
divine Heart ; grant us that our hearts 
may be enriched with the treasures 
therein contained, and replenished with 
its overflowing delights. 

Prayer in honor of the Immaculate Heart of 
Mary. 

OLORD of infinite clemency, 
who, for the salvation of sinners 
and help of the afflicted, hast given 
to the Blessed Virgin Mary a heart 



128 Evening Prayers. 

like to that of her divine Son, and hast 
made it a source of meekness and 
mercy; grant, we beseech Thee, that 
those who honor that Immaculate 
Heart, may, through its merits and her 
intercession, become according to the 
Heart of Jesus. 

Invocation to the Sacred Heart. 

LORD Jesus, be pleased to shield 
with the protection of Thy Di- 
vine Heart, our Holy Father the Pope. 

Prayer to Saint Michael. 

GLORIOUS Saint Michael prince 
of the celestial hosts, and pro- 
tector of the Universal Church, defend 
us, we beseech thee from all dangers, 
visible and invisible, particularly from 
fire. 

MY God! I believe in Thee, I 
hope in Thee, and I love Thee 



o 



Even ing Prayers. 129 

with my whole heart. Most afflicted 
Heart of Mary, pray for us. 

* The Memorare. 

REMEMBER, Mary, tenderest 
hearted Virgin, how from of old 
the ear hath never heard that he who 
ran to thee for refuge, implored thy 
help, and sought thy prayers, was for- 
saken of God, Virgin of Virgins, 
Mother, emboldened by this confi- 
dence I fly to thee, to thee I come and 
in thy presence, I, a weeping sinner 
stand. Mother of the Word Incarnate, 
O cast not away my prayer, but in thy 
pity hear and answer. Amen. 

OLET it not be said, our dearest 
Mother, that we have perished 
at thy sacred feet, where no one ever 
found aught but mercy, grace and sal- 
vation. 

9— S. Heart. 



13° 



Evening Prayers. 





Invocation to the Holy Ghost, 



Vexi, Sanc:i Spiri- 
tus, repletuorum corda 
fidelium, et tui amoris 
in eis ignem accende. 

Emitte Spiritum 
tuum et creabuntur, et 
renovabis faciem terra. 



Come, Holy Ghost, 
replenish the hearts of 
Thy faithful, and enkin- 
dle in them the fire of 
Thy divine love. 

Send forth Thy spir- 
it and they shall be 
created, and Thou wilt 
renew the face of the 
earth. 



Oremus. 

Deus, qui corda fi- 
delium Sancti Spiritus 
illustratione docuisti. 



Let us Pray. 

0 God. who by the 
light c f :he Holy Ghost 
d list instruct rite hearts 



Evening Prayers. 



131 



da nobis in eodem of the faithful, grant us, 

Spiritu recta sapere et by the same Holy Spir- 

de ejus semper conso- it, a love and relish of 

latione gaudere. Per what is right and 

Christum Dominum. just, and a constant en- 

Amen. joyment of his corn- 



Hail Mary, etc. 

X TE fly to thy patronage, O Holy 



our petitions in our necessities, but de- 
liver us always from all dangers, O glor- 
ious and blessed Virgin. 



forts. Through Jesus 
Christ, etc. Amen. 




Mother of God, despise not 




* PRAYERS FOR THE FAITHFUL DE- 
PARTED. " 



L 

Psalm cxxix. 

OUT of the depths I have cried 
to Thee, O Lord : Lord, hear 
my voice. 

Let Thy ears be attentive to the 
voice of my supplication. 

If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniqui- 
ties, Lord, who shall stand ? 

For with Thee there is merciful for- 



'For the Faithful Departed. 133 

giveness : and by reason of Thy law, 
I have waited for Thee, O Lord. 

My soul hath relied on His word : 
my soul hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch, even until 
night, let Israel hope in the Lord. 

Because with the Lord there is 
mercy; and with Him plentiful re- 
demption. 

And He shall redeem Israel from all 
His iniquities. 

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord : 

And let perpetual light shine upon 
them. 

May they rest in peace. Amen. 

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto Thee. 

Let us Pray. 

OGOD, the Creator and Redeemer 
of all the faithful, grant to the 
souls of Thy servants and Thy hand- 



134 For the Faithful Departed. 

maids departed the remission of all 
their sins, that through the devout 
prayers of Thy Church on earth they 
may obtain that remission of pain 
which they have ever deserved, Who 
livest and reignest world without end. 
Amen. 

V. Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, 
i?. And Let perpetual light en- 
1 lighten them. 

V. May they rest in peace. 
R. Amen. 

Recite * five Our Fathers and Hail 
Marys with the versicle " Eternal 
Father, we pray Thee, help the souls 
of Thy servants, whom Thou hast re- 
deemed with the Blood of Jesus Christ." 
I Eternal rest, etc. 




gpMPXip, 

THE EVENING- PRATER OF THE CHURCH. 

The Reader begins; 
J) RAY, Father, give me your blessing. 

The Blessing. 

MAY the Lord Almighty grant us a 
quiet night and a perfect end. 

Amen. 

The Short Lesson.— i Peter v. 

BRETHREN, be sober and watch; 
because your adversary, the Devil, 



136 



Compline. 



as a roaring lion goeth about seeking 
whom he may devour ; whom resist ye 
strong in faith. But thou, O Lord, have 
mercy on us. 

R. Thanks be to God. 

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord. 

R. Who made Heaven and Earth. Our 
Father, etc. 

P. I confess to Almighty God, etc* 

R. May Almighty God, etc. 

P. Amen. 

C. I confess to Almighty God, etc. 
P. May Almighty God, etc. 
R. Amen. 

P. May the Almighty and merciful 
Lord, etc. 
R. Amen. 

V. Convert us, O God, our Saviour. 

R. And turn away Thy anger from us. 

V. O God, come to my assistance. 

R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 



Compline. 137 



Alleluia, {or Praise be to Thee, 0 Lord, 
King of everlasting glory). 
Ant. Have mercy. 

Psalm iv. — Cum invocarem. 

WHEN I called upon Him, the 
God of my justice heard me: 
when I was in distress, Thou hast en- 
larged me. 

2. Have mercy upon me : and hear my 
prayer. 

3. 0 ye sons of men, how long will ye 
be dull of heart : why do ye love vanity, 
and seek after lying ? 

4. Know ye also that the Lord hath 
made His holy one wonderful : the Lord 
will hear me, when I shall cry unto 
Him. 

5. Be ye angry and sin not : the things 
which ye say in your hearts, be sorry for 
upon your beds. 

6. Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and j 
hope in the Lord : there are many that 
say, Who showeth us good things ? 

7. The light of Thy countenance, O 



138 Compline. 

Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast put 
gladness in my heart. 

8. By the fruit of their corn and wine 
and oil : are they multiplied. 

9. In peace in the self-same : I will sleep 
and I will rest. 

10. For Thou only, O Lord, singularly 
hast settled me in hope. 

Glory be to the Father. 

Psalm xxx. — Tn te Domine y speravL 

TN Thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me 
never be confounded : deliver me in 
Thy justice. 

2. Bow down Thine ear unto me : make 
haste to deliver me. 

3. Be Thou my God, my protector, and 
a house of refuge : to save me. 

4. For Thou art my strength and my 
refuge : and for Thy name's sake, Thou 
wilt lead me and nourish me. 

5. Thou wilt bring me out of this snare, 
that they have laid for me : for Thou art 
my protector. 

6. Into Thy hands I commend my 



Compline. 



139 



spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord, 
the God of truth. 

Glory be to the Father. 

Psalm xc. — Qui habitat. 

HE that dwelleth in the aid of the 
Most High : shall abide under the 
protection of the God of Jacob. 

2. He shall say unto the Lord, Thou 
art my protector, and my refuge : my 
God, in Him will I trust. 

3. For He hath delivered me from the 
snare of the hunters : and from the sharp 
word. 

4. He shall overshadow thee with His 
shoulders : and under His wings shalt 
thou trust. 

5. His truth shall compass thee with a 
shield : thou shalt not be afraid for the 
terror of the night. 

6. Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of 
the business that walketh about in the 
dark : of invasion, or the noon-day devil. 

7. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and 



140 Compline. 

I 

ten thousand at thy right hand : but It 
shall not come nigh thee. 

8. But thou shalt consider with thy 
eyes: and shalt see the reward of the 

I wicked. 

9. For Thou, O Lord, art my hope: 
thou hast made the Most High thy refuge. 

10. There shall no evil approach unto 
; thee : nor shall the scourge come near 

thy dwelling. 

11. For He hath given His angels j 
, charge over thee : to keep thee in all thy . 
I ways. 

12. In their hands shall they bear thee 
\ up : lest thou dash thy foot against a 

stone. 

13. Thou shalt walk upon the asp and 
the basilisk : thou shalt trample under 
foot the lion and the dragon. 

14. Because he hath hoped in me, I 
will deliver him : I will protect him be- 
cause he hath known my name. 

15. He shall cry unto me, and I will 
hear him : I am with him in trouble : I 
will deliver him, and glorify him. 



Compline. 141 

16. I will fill him with length of days : 
and I will show unto him my salvation. 
Glory be to the Father. 

Psalm cxxxiii. — Ecce 712111c 

BEHOLD now, bless ye the Lord: all 
ye servants of the Lord. 

2. Who stand in the house of the Lord : 
in the courts of the house of our God. 

3. In the nights lift up your hands to 
the holy places: and bless ye the Lord. 

4. May the Lord out of Sion bless thee : 
who hath made Heaven and earth. 

Glory be to the Father. 
Ant. Have mercy on me, O Lord, and 
graciously hear my prayer* 

Te Lucis. 

NOW with the fast departing light, 
Maker of all ! we ask of Thee, 
Of Thy great mercy through the night, 
Our guardian and defence to be. 

Far off let idle visions fly ; 

No phantom of the night molest; 



142 



Compline. 



Curb Thou our raging enemy, 
That we in chaste repose may rest. 

Father of mercies, hear our cry; 

Hear us, O sole-begotten Son; 
Who with the Holy Ghost most high, 

Reignest while endless ages run. 

Little Chapter. — Jer. xiv. 



HOU, O Lord, art among us, and 



JL Thy holy name is invoked upon us, 
forsake us not, O Lord, our God. 
R. Thanks be to God. 
V. Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend 
my spirit. 

C. Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend 
my spirit. 

V. Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, the 
God of truth. 

C. I commend my spirit. 

V. Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

C. Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend 
my spirit. 




Compline* 143 

V. Keep us, O Lord, as the pupil of 
Thine eye. 

R. Protect us under the shadow of Thy 
wings. 

The Nunc Dimittis, or Canticle of 
Simeon. 

NOW Thou dost dismiss Thy servant, 
O Lord, according to Thy word 
in peace. 

2. Because my eyes have seen Thy sal- 
vation. 

3. Which Thou hast prepared before 
the face of all peoples. 

4. A light to the revelation of the Gen- 
tiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel. 

Glory be to the Father. 

Ant. Save us, O Lord, when we are 
awake, and keep us while we sleep ; that 
we may watch w T ith Christy and rest in 
peace. 





Ant. Asperges me, 
Domine, hyssopo, et 
mundabor : lavabis 



Ant. Thou shalt 
sprinkle me with hys- 
sop, O Lord, and I 



The Asperges. 



me, et super nivem 
dealbabor. 



P. Miserere mei, 
Deus, secundum mag- 
nam misericordiam 
tuam. 

V. Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant, Asperges me. 



145 

shall be cleansed : Thou 
shalt wash me, and I 
shall be made whiter 
than snow. 

P. Have mercy on 
me, O God, according 
to Thy great mercy. 

V. Glory be, etc. 
Ant Thou shalt 
sprinkle me. 



The Priest, being returned to the foot of the Altar, 
says : 



V. Ostende nobis, 
Domine, misericor- 
diam tuam. 

R. Et salutare tuum 
da nobis. 

V. Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 

V. Dominus vobis- 
cum. 

10— S. Heart. 



V. Show us, O 
Lord, Thy mercy. 

R. And grant us 
Thy salvation. 

V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 

V. The Lord be 
with you. 



146 The Aspergcs. 



R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

Oremus. 

ExAUDinos, Domine 
sancte, Pater omnipo- 
tens, seterne Deus ; et 
mittere digneris sanc- 
tum angelum tuum de 
coelis, qui custodiat, 
foveat, protegat, visi- 
tet, atque defendat 
omnes habitantes in 
hoc habitaculo. Per 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 



R. And with thy 
spirit. 

Let us pray. 

Hear us, O holy 
Lord, almighty Fa- 
ther, eternal God ; and 
vouchsafe to send Thy 
holy angel from Heav- 
en, to guard, cherish, 
protect, visit, and de- 
fend all that are assem- 
bled in this house. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



From Easter to Whitsunday inclusively, instead 
of the foregoing Anthem, the following is sung, 
and Alleluia is added to the V. (Ostende nobis). 

Ant. Vidi aquam Ant I saw water 
egredientem de tern- flowing from the right 
plo a latere dextro, Al- side of the temple, Al- 
leluia ; et omnes ad leluia ; and all to whom 
quos pervenit aqua that water came were 



The Asperges. 147 



ista salvi facti sunt, et 
dicent, Alleluia. 

P. Confitemini Do- 
mino, quoniam bonus : 
quoniam in saeculum 
misericordia ejus. Glo- 
ria, etc. 



saved, and they shall 
say, Alleluia. 

P. Praise the Lord, 
for He is good : for His 
mercy endureth for- 
ever. Glory, etc. 



THE ORDINARY OF THE MASS. 



ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN MISSAL. 



MASS is said either as Low Mass (the re- 
sponses being made by the Clerk) ; or 
as a High Mass, when the Responses, Gloria, 
Creed, and Preface are chanted ; or a solemn 
High Mass, in which the deacon and sub- 
deacon officiate. 

The Preparation at the Foot of the Altar. 

THE Priest, arrayed in his vestments, enters 
the sanctuary, preceded by the clerk, and 
bearing the chalice, covered with the veil, and 
the burse lying upon it. Placing these on the 
Altar, he descends to the foot of the Altar-steps, 
and begins the Mass, all the people kneeling. 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 149 



In Nomine Patris, *fs In the name of the 
et Filii, et Spiritus Father, and of the 
Sancti. Amen. Son, and of the Holy 

Ghost. Amen. 



Joining his hands before his breast, he says the 
following Antiphon, and the psalm from which 
it is taken, except in Masses for the Dead, 
and from Passion Sunday to Holy Saturday. 



Ant. Introibo ad al- 
tare Dei. 

R. Ad Deum, qui 
laetificat juventutem 
meam. 



Ant. I will go unto 
the altar of God. 

R. To God, who 
giveth joy to my youth. 



Psalm xlii. 



Judica me, Deus, et 
discerne causam meam 
de gente non sancta : 
ab homine iniquo et 
doloso erue me. 

R. Quia tu es, Deus, 
fortitudo mea, quare 
merepulisti ? Et quare 



Judge me, O God, 
and distinguish my 
cause from the nation 
that is not holy : de- 
liver me from the un- 
just and deceitful man. 

R. For Thou art 
God, my strength ; 
why hast Thou cast me 





1 5o The Ordinary of the Mass. 

tristis incedo, dum off? And why do I 
affligit me inimicus ? go sorrowful, whilst 

the enemy afflicteth 

me? 

P. Emitte lucem tu- P. Send forth Thy 
am, et veritatem tuam ; light and Thy truth : 
ipsa me deduxerunt, they have conducted 
et adduxerunt in mon- me, and brought me 
tern sanctum tuum, et to Thy holy mount, 
in tabernacula tua. and into Thy taber- 
nacle. 

R. Et introibo ad R. And I will go 
altare Dei ; ad Deum, unto the altar of God ; 
quilaetificat juventutem to God, whogiveth joy 
meam. to my youth. 

P. Confltebor tibi in P. To Thee, 0 God, 
cithara, Deus, Deus my God, I will give 
meus : quare tristis es, praise on the harp : why 
anima mea, et quare art thou sad, 0 my 
conturbas me ? soul, and why dost thou 

disquiet me ? 

R. Spera in Deo, R. Hope in God, 
quoniam adhuc confite- for I will still praise 
bor illi : salutare vul- him : the salvation of 
tus mei, et Deus meus. my countenance and 

my God. 

jl. Gloria Jratri, et vjriory De to tne 







The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 5 1 



Filio, et Spiritui Sanc- 
to. 

R. Sicut erat in 
principio, et nunc, et 
semper, et in saecula 
saeculorum. Amen. 

R. Introibo ad al- 
tare Dei. 

R. Ad Deum, qui 
lsetificat juventutem 
meam. 

P. Adjutorium no- 
strum in nomine Do- 
mini. 

R. Qui fecit ccelum 
et terram. 



Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 

R. As it was in the 
beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 

P. I will go unto 
the altar of God. 

R. To God who giv- 
eth joy to my youth. 

P. Our help is in 
the name of the Lord. 

R. Who made heav- 
en and earth. 



The Priest bows down and says : 
9 The Confiteor. 
P. Confiteor Deo P. I confess to Al- 



omnipotenti, etc. 

R. Misereatur tui 
omnipotens Deus, et 
dimissis peccatis tuis, 
perducat te ad vitam 
aeternam. 

P. Amen. 



mighty God, etc. 

R. May Almighty 
God have mercy upon 
thee, forgive thee thy 
sins, and bring thee to 
life everlasting. 

P. Amen. 



1 52 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



The Clerk then, in the name of the People, re- 
peats the same Confession of Sin, and all should 
join in it. 



Confiteor Deo om- 
nipotent^ beatae Ma- 
rine semper Virgini, 
beato Michaeli Arch- 
angelo, beato Joanni 
Baptists?, Sanctis Apos- 
tplis Petro et Paulo, 
omnibus Sanctis et 
tibi. Pater, quia pec- 
cavi nimis, cogitatione, 
verbo, et opere, mea 
culpa, mea culpa, mea 
maxima culpa, Ideo 
precor beatam Mariam 
semper Virgin em. be- 
atum Michaelem Arch- 
angelum, beatum Jo- 
annem Baptistam, sanc- 
tos Apostolos Petrum 
et Paulum, omnes 
sanctos, et te, Pater, 



I confess to Al- 
mighty God, to blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, to 
blessed Michael the 
Archangel, to blessed 
John Baptist, to the 
holy Apostles Peter and 
Paul, to all the saints, 
and to you, Father, 
that I have sinned ex- 
ceedingly in thought, 
word, and deed, 
through my fault, 
through my fault, 
through my most griev- 
ous fault. Therefore I 
beseech the blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, bless- 
ed Michael the Arch- 
angel, blessed John 
Baptist, the holy Apos- 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 163 



orare pro me ad Dom- 
inum Deum nostrum. 



ties Peter and Paul, 
and all the saints, and 
you, Father, to pray 
to our Lord God for 
me. 



The Priest, then, with joined hands, gives the 
absolution, saying ; 



P. Misereatur vestri 
omnipotens Deus, et, 
dimissis peccatis ves- 
tri s, perdu cat vos ad 
vitam aeternam. 

R. Amen. 



P. May Almighty 
God have mercy on you, 
forgive you your sins, 
and bring you to ever- 
lasting life. 

R. Amen. 



Signing himself with the sign of the Cross, he con- 
tinues : 



Indulgentiam, ab- 



►|« May the Almighty 
and merciful Lord 



solutionem, et remis- 

sionem peccatorum grant us pardon, ab- 

nostrorum, tribuat no- solution, and remis- 

bis omnipotens et mi- sion of our sins, 
sericors Dominus, 

R. Amen. R % Amen. 



1 54 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



Bowing down, the Priest continues: 



P. Deus, tu conver- 
sus, vivificabis nos. 

R. Et plebs tua lse- 
tabitur in te. 

P. Ostende nobis, 
Domine, misericor- 
diam tuam. 

R, Et salutare tuam 
da nobis. 

P. Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam, 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat 

P. Dominus vobis- 
cum. 

R, Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

Again joining his hands, he says Oremus {Let us 
pray), and goes up to the Altar, saying in a low 
voice : 



P. Thou wilt turn, 
O Lord, and bring us 
to life. 

R. And Thy people 
shall rejoice in Thee. 

P. Show us, O Lord, 
Thy mercy. 

R. And grant us 
Thy salvation. 

P. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 

P. The Lord be with 
you. 

R. And with thy 
spirit. 



P. Aufer a nobis 
quaesumus, Domine, 
iniquitates nostras ; ut 
ad Sancta Sanctorum 



P. Take away from 
us our iniquities, we 
beseech Thee, O Lord, 
that we may be wor- 



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puris mereamur men- thy to enter with pure 
tibus introire. Per minds into the Holy 
Christum Dominum of Holies : through 
nostrum. Amen. Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 

Bowing down, he kisses the Altar-stone, contain- 
ing the relics of some martyr or other saint, 
and says : 



P. Oramuste, Domi- 
ne, per merita sancto- 
rum tuorum quorum 
reliquiae hie sunt, et 
omnium sanctorum, 
ut indulgere digneris 
omnia peccata mea. 
Amen. 



P. We beseech Thee, 
O Lord, by the merits 
of Thy saints, whose 
relics are here, and of 
all the saints, that 
Thou wouldst vouch- 
safe to forgive me all 
my sins. Amen. 



Incensing at Solemn High Mass. 

At Solemn High Masses, the Priest blesses the 
incense, saying: 

Ab illo bene tf* dica- Be thou blessed ^ 
ris in cujus honore by Him in whose hon- 
cremaberis. or thou shalt be 

burned. 



1 56 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



He then returns the censer to the Deacon, who 
incenses him. Incense is a figure of prayer, and 
its use is derived from the old law. It reminds us 
that our prayer should, like it, rise to Heaven. 
The Priest and people are incensed to remind us 
that we are temples of the Holy Ghost. 

After this incensing, or where there is none, the 
Priest makes the sign of the Cross, and, proceed- 
ing to the Missal, reads the Introit, a part of the 
Mass, consisting generally of a few versicles from 
one of the Psalms, and varying with the day. 

The Introit of Trinity Sunday. 

Benedicta sit Sancta Blessed be the Holy 

Trinitas, atque indivi- Trinity, and undivided 

sa Unitas ; confitebi- Unity ; we will give 

mur ei, quia fecit no- glory to Him, because 

biscum misericordiam He hath shown His 

suam. Ps. Domine, mercy to us. Ps. O 

Dominus noster, quam our Lord God, how 

admirabile est nomen wonderful is Thy name 

tuum in universa ter- in all the earth! 
ra ! 

V. Gloria Patri, etc. R. Glory be, etc. 

Benedicta, etc. to Ps. Benedicta, etc. , to Ps. 

The Priest, at the middle of the Altar, or, in 
solemn High Masses, at the Epistle side, re- 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 57 

peats alternately with the Clerk, or Attendants, 
the Kyrie Eleison, as below. All should join in 
this cry for mercy, but with a truly contrite and 
humble heart. 



P. 
R. 
P. 
R. 
P. 
R. 
P. 
R. 
P. 



Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Kvrie eleison. 



P. Lord have mercy. 
R. Lord have mercy. 
P. Lord have mercy. 
R. Christ have mercy. 
P. Christ have mercy. 
R. Christ have mercy. 
P. Lord have mercy. 
R. Lord have mercy. 
P. Lord have mercy. 



Gloria in Excelsis. 

In High Masses the Priest chants the first words, 
and says the rest in a low tone, after which he 
sits down with his attendants till the choir has 
concluded it. 



Gloria in excelsis 
Deo, et in terra pax ho- 
minibus bona? volun- 
tatis. Laudamus te, 
benedicimus te, adora- 
mus te, glorificamus te. 
Gratias animus tibi 



Glory be to God on 
high, and on earth 
peace to men of good- 
will. We praise Thee ; 
we bless Thee ; we 
adore Thee ; we glori- 
fy Thee. We orive Thee 



1 58 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



propter magnam glo- 
riam tuam, Domine 
Deus, Rex ccelestis, 
Deus Pater omnipo- 
tens. Domine Fili uni- 
genite Jesu Christe : 
Domine Deus, Agnus 
Dei, Filius Patris, qui 
tollis peccata mundi, 
miserere nobis : qui 
tollis peccata mundi, 
suscipe deprecationem 
nostram : qui sedes ad 
dexteram Patris, mise- 
rere nobis. Quoniam 
tu solus sanctus, tu 
solus Dominus, tu so- 
lus altissimus, Jesu 
Christe, cum Sancto 
Spiritu, in gloria Dei 
Patris. Amen. 



thanks for Thy great 
glory, O Lord God, 
Heavenly King, God 
the Father Almighty. 
O Lord Jesus Christ, 
the only-begotten Son ; 
O Lord God, Lamb of 
God, Son of the Fa- 
ther, who takest away 
the sins of the world, 
have mercy on us ; 
who takest away the 
sins of the world, re- 
ceive our prayers : who 
sittest at the right hand 
of the Father, have 
mercy on us. For 
Thou only art holy : 
Thou only art Lord : 
Thou only, O Jesus 
Christ, together with 
the Holy Ghost, art 
Most High in the glory 
of God the Father. 
Amen. 



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Returning to the Altar, the Priest then kisses the 
Altar, and turning to the people, addresses 
them the pious salutation : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
too. spirit. 

The Collect. 

He then reads the Collect of the day, which is 
generally followed by one or two others, according 
to the season or the occurring feast. 

The following Collect is said every day from 
Candlemas day to Passion Sunday, and from 
Trinity Sunday to the first Sunday of Advent, 
inclusively, 

DEFEND us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, 
from all dangers of mind and body; 
and by the intercession of the blessed and 
glorious Mary ever Virgin, and of Thy bless- 
ed Apostles Peter and Paul, and blessed 
(N.*), and of all the Saints, mercifully 
grant us safety and peace ; that, all ad- 
versities and errors being destroyed, Thy 
Church may serve Thee with secure 
liberty. 



1 60 The Ordinary of the Mass. 
The Epistle. 

{For the proper Epistle of the Sundays and Holidays, 
see p. 3.) 

At the end of the Epistle, the Clerk responds : 

R. Deo Gratias. R. Thanks be to 

God 

The Gradual, Tract and Sequence. 

A few versicles called the Gradual are then said. 
If Alleluia is not said, a portion of the Psalms 

; called the Tract, from the mournful tone of the 
chant, is introduced. 

On certain feasts, and in certain Masses, after 
the Alleluia, a hymn called the Sequence or Prose 
is also here recited. 

Having finished the Tract or Sequence, if any, 

; the Priest goes to the middle of the Altar, and 
while the Clerk removes the Missal to the left 
hand or Gospel side of the Altar, says the follow- 
ing prayer, for grace to announce the Gospel, in 
which all should join, that the words of God, 
which we have heard and not kept, may not here- 

i after rise in judgment against us. 

P. Munda cor meum P. Cleanse my heart 
ac labia mea, Omnipo- and my lips, O Al- 
tens Deus, qui labia mighty God, who didst ■ 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 6 1 



Isaiae prophetae calcu- 
lo mundasti ignito : 
ita me tua grata mise- 
ratione dignare mun- 
dare, ut Sanctum 
Evangelium tuum dig- 
ne valeam nuntiare. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. Amen. 

R. Dominus sit in 
corde meo et in labiis 
meis ut digne et com- 
petenter annuntiem 
Evangelium suum. 
Amen. 



cleanse the lips of the 
Prophet Isaias with a 
burning coal ; and 
vouchsafe through Thy 
gracious mercy, so to 
purify me, that I may 
worthily proclaim Thy 
holy Gospel. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

R. May the Lord be 
in my heart, and on 
my lips, that I may 
worthily, and in a be- 
coming manner, an- 
nounce His holy Gos- 



pel. Amen. 

In Solemn High Masses, the Deacon, after the 
Sequence or Gradual, places the Missal on the 
Altar. The Priest blesses the Incense, and the 
Deacon, having recited the prayer Munda kneel- 
ing before the Altar, goes up, takes the book, 
kneels to ask the Priest's blessing, which is given 
as above, Dominus, etc., substituting the second 
person for the first. After this the Deacon kisses 
the Priest's hands, and proceeds to the left side 
of the Sanctuary, and while the book is held by 
the Subdeacon between two lighted candles, in- 

11— S. Heart 



1 62 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



censes it and proceeds as below. In ordinary 
Masses the Priest, after the prayer Do?ni?ius, goes 
to the book and proceeds : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

The Gospel. 

The Priest or Deacon then gives out, 

Sequentia Sancti The continuation of 
Evangelii secundum the Holy Gospel ac- 
Matthaeum. cording to Matthew. 

(Or Initium Evangelii, etc., secundum Marcum, 
Lucam, Joannem — "Beginning of the Gospel," 
etc., according to Mark, Luke, John, as the case 
may be.) 

The Priest or Deacon makes the sign of the 
Cross with his thumb on the Gospel, and on 
his forehead, lips, and breast, which the people 
; standing also do, and while the Clerk or choir 
answers. 

Gloria tibi Domine. Glory be to Thee, O 
Lord. 

(For the proper Gospel, see page 631). 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 163 

The Deacon in solemn Mass incenses the book 
and reads. 

After this, the Deacon in solemn Masses in- 
censes the Priest, who has been standing on the 
Epistle side turned towards him, while the Clerk 
or choir answers : 

R. Laustibi Christe. R. Praise be to 
Thee, O Christ. 

Then the Subdeacon carries the book to the Priest, 
who kisses it, saying: 

P. Per Evangelica P. By the Gospel 
dicta deleantur nostra words may our sins be 
delicta. blotted out. 

In ordinary Masses, the Clerk, after the Gospel, 
responds, R. Laus, etc., and the Priest, kissing 
the book, proceeds, P. Per, etc. 

The Nice?ie Creed. 

After the Sermon, the Priest, who has been seat- 
ed, returns to the middle of the altar, and in- 
tones the first words of the Creed, which is 
immediately taken up by the choir, while he 
continues it in a low tone, and returns to his 
seat. In Low Masses he says it all in a low tone, 
immediately after the Gospel. During this pro- 
fession of faith, the people stand. 



164 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



P. Credo in unum 
Deum, Patrem omni- 
potentem, factorem 
cceli et terra?, visibilium 
omnium et invisibili- 
um. 

Et in unum Domi- 
num Jesum Christum, 
Filium Dei unigeni- 
tum, et ex Patre Da- 
tum ante omnia sae- 
cula ; Deum de Deo, 
lumen de lumine, De- 
um verum de Deo 
vero ; genitum non 
factum, consubstanti- 
alem Patri, per quern 
omnia facta sunt. Qui 
propter nos homines, 
et propter nostram 
salutem, descendit de 
ccelis : et incarnatus 
est de Spiritu Sancto, 
ex Maria Virgine ; et 

HOMO F ACTUS EST. 



P. I believe in one 
God, the Father Al- 
mighty, Maker of 
Heaven and earth, and 
of all things visible and 
invisible. 

And in one Lord 
Jesus Christ, the only 
begotten Son of God, 
and born of the Father, 
before all ages : God 
of God, Light of Light, 
true God of true God ; 
begotten, not made : 
consubstantial with 
the Father, by whom 
all things were made, 
who for us men. and 
for our salvation, came 
down from Heaven ; 
and was incarnate by 
the Holy Ghost of the 
Virgin Mary j and be- 
came 31 AX, 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 65 



All kneel in honor of the 

Crucifixus etiam pro 
nobis, sub Pontio Pi- 
lato, passus, et sepul- 
tus est. Et resurrexit 
tertia die, secundum 
scripturas ; et ascendit 
in cceluni ; sedet ad 
dexteram Patris ; et 
iterum venturus est 
cum gloria, judicare 
vivos et mortuos ; cu- 
jus regni non erit finis. 



Et in Spiritum Sane- 
tunx, Dominum et vivi- 
ncantem, qui ex Patre 
Filoque procedit ; qui 
cum Patre et Filio 
simul adoratur, et con- 
glorificatur ; qui locu- 
tus est per Prophetas. 
Et unam sanctam Ca- 
tholicam et Apostoli- 



Incarnation of our Lord. 

He was crucified al- 
so for us, suffered un- 
der Pontius Pilate, and 
was buried. And the 
third day He rose again, 
according to the Scrip- 
tures ; and ascended 
into Heaven, sitteth at 
the right hand of the 
Father ; and He is to 
come again with glory, 
to judge both the living 
and the dead : of His 
kingdom there shall be 
no end. 

And in the Holy 
Ghost, the Lord and 
Giver of life, who pro- 
ceedeth from the Fa- 
ther and the Son : who 
together with the Fa- 
ther and the Son is 
adored and glorified : 
who spoke by the 
Prophets. And one 



1 66 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

cam Ecclesiam. Con- holy Catholic and 
fiteor uniim Baptisma Apostolic Church. I 
in remissionem pecca- confess one Baptism 
torum. Et expecto for the remission of 
resurrectionem mor- sins. And I expect 
tuorum. et vitam ven- the resurrection of the 
turi saeculi. Amen. dead, and the life of 

the world to come. 

Amen. 

The Priest, returning to the centre of the Altar, 
kisses it, and turning to the people, again 
salutes them : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be with 
cum. you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

P. Oremus. P. Let us pray. 

The Offertory 
Is a short sentence which varies like the Epistle, etc. 

Oblation of the Host. 

Suscxpe, sancte Pa- Accept, O holy ra- 
ter omnipotens aeter- ther, almighty, eternal 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 167 : 



ne Deus, hanc im- 
maculatam Hostiam, 
quam ego indignus 
famulus tuus offero 
tibi Deo meo vivo et 
vero, pro innumerabi- 
libus peccatis, offensi- 
onibus et negligentiis 
meis, et pro omnibus 
circumstantibus ; sed 
et pro omnibus fideli- 
bus Christianis, vivis 
atque defunctis ; ut 
mihi et illis proflciat 
ad salutem in vitam 
ceternam. Amen. 



God, this immaculate 
Host, which I, Thy 
unworthy servant, of- 
fer unto Thee, my liv- 
ing and true God, for 
my innumerable sins, 
offences, and negli- 
gences ; and for all 
here present ; as also 
for all faithful Chris- 
tians, both living and 
dead ; that it may be 
profitable for my own 
and for their salvation 
unto life everlasting. 
Amen. 



Then moving the paten, so as to form the sign 
of the Cross, in memory of the death of the divine 
Victim, he lays the Host on the corporal, and 
slides the paten partly beneath it. 

In solemn Masses the Deacon then pours the 
wine into the chalice, and the Priest says the 
prayer " Deus qui," while the Subdeacon pours a 
few drops of water into it: the Deacon then hands 
the chalice to the Priest. 

In other Masses the Priest receives the cruets 
from the Clerk, and pours in the wine, and a few 



1 68 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

drops of water, which he blesses, except in 
Masses for the Dead, and says : 



Deus *f*qui humanas 
substantias dignitatem 
mirabiliter condidisti, 
et mirabilius reformas- 
ti ; da nobis per hujus 
Aquae et Vini myste- 
rium, ejus divinitatis 
esse consortes, qui hu- 
manitatis nostrae fieri 
dignatus est particeps, 
Jesus Christus Filius 
tuus Dominus noster ; 
qui tecum vivit et reg- 
nat, in unitate Spiritus 
Sancti, Deus, per om- 
nia saecula saeculorum. 
Amen. 



O God, ^ who, in 
creating human na- 
ture, didst wonderfully 
dignify it, and hast 
still more wonderfully 
renewed it ; grant 
that, by the mystery of 
this Water and Wine, 
we may be made par- 
takers of His divinity, 
who vouchsafed to be- 
come partaker of our 
humanity, Jesus Christ 
Thy Son our Lord, 
who with Thee, in the 
unity of the Holy 
Ghost, liveth and reign- 
eth, one God, forever 
and ever. Amen. 



In solemn Masses, the Deacon, after handing the 
chalice to the Priest, says the following prayer 
with the Priest. In other Masses, the Priest re- 
turns to the middle of the altar, and raising the 
chalice with both hands, says : 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 69 



Oblation of the Chalice. 



Offerimus tibi, Do- 
mine, calicem saluta- 
ris, tuam deprecantes 
clementiam, ut in con- 
spectu divinae Majes- 
tatis tuae pro nostra 
et totius mundi salute, 
cum odore suavitatis 
ascendat. Amen. 



We offer unto Thee, 
O Lord, the chalice of 
salvation, beseeching 
Thy clemency, that in 
the sight of Thy divine 
Majesty it may ascend 
with the odor of sweet- 
ness, for our salvation, 
and for that of the 
whole world. Amen. 



Making the sign of the Cross with the chalice, 
he lays it down on the corporal, and covers it 
with the pall. Then he closes his hands, and 
bending over the altar, says: 



In spiritu humilita- 
tis, et in animo contri- 
to suscipiamur a te, 
Domine ; et sic flat sa- 
crificium nostrum in 
conspectu tuo hodie, 
ut placeat tibi, Domi- 
ne Deus. 



In the spirit of hu- 
mility, and with a con- 
trite heart, let us be 
received by Thee, O 
Lord ; and grant that 
the sacrifice we offer in 
Thy sight this day, 
may be pleasing to 
Thee, O Lord God. 



1 70 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



Raising his head, he raises his extended hands, 
and with uplifted but instantly downcast eyes, 
he says (blessing, in the meantime, the bread 
and wine): 



Veni, sanctificator, 
omnipotens aeterne 
Deus, et beneijjdic hoc 
sacrificium tuo sancto 
nomini praeparatum. 



Come, O Sanctifier, 
Almighty and Eternal 
God, and bless iff this 
sacrifice prepared to 
Thy holy name. 



Incensing in Solemn Masses. 

Then in solemn Masses, the Deacon offers the 
incense cup, saying, " Bless Reverend Father ; " 
and the Priest blesses the incense, as before, and 
puts some in the censer, saying : 



Per intercessionem 
beati Michaelis arch- 
angeli stantis a dextris 
Altaris Incensi, et om- 
nium electorum suo- 
rum, incensum istud 
dignetur Dominus iff 
benedicere, et in odo- 
rem suavitatis acci- 
pere. Per Christum 



May the Lord, by* 
the intercession of 
blessed Michael the 
archangel, standing at 
the right hand of the 
Altar of Incense, and 
of all His elect, vouch- 
safe to bless *§* this 
incense, and receive it 
as an odor of sweet- 



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Dominum nostrum, ness. Through Christ 
Amen. our Lord. Amen. 

Then, taking the censer from the Deacon, he in- 
censes the offering, making the sign of the Cross 
thrice over them, and incensing thrice around 
them, saying: 

Incensum istud a May this incense 
te benedictum, ascen- which Thou hast blest, 
dat ad te, Domine, et O Lord, ascend to 
descendat super nos Thee, and may Thy 
misericordia tua. mercy descend upon 

us. 

The Deacon then removes the chalice, which he 
has been holding, to the Epistle side, and the 
Priest, bowing, incenses the crucifix over the 
altar thrice; goes to the Epistle side and in- 
censes it on the side, above and below ; then 
returns to the middle of the altar, incenses it 
as he goes, and, making an inclination, pro- 
ceeds in the same way to the Gospel side, which 
he incenses in like manner, and returns to the 
centre of the altar, incensing below. During 
this ceremony, he says (Psalm xl. 2): 



Dirigatur, Domine, Let my prayer, O 
oratio mea sicut incen- Lord, be directed as 



i/2 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



sum in conspectu tuo : 
elevatio manuum mea- 
rum sacrificium ves- 
pertinum. Pone, Do- 
mine, custodiam ori 
meo, et ostium circum- 
stantial labiis meis, ut 
non declinet cor meum 
in verba malitiae, ad 
excusandas excusati- 
ones in peccatis. 



incense in Thy sight : 
the lifting up of my 
hands as evening sac- 
rifice. Set a watch, O 
Lord, before my 
mouth, and a door 
round about my lips. 
Incline not my heart 
to evil words, to make 
excuses in sin. 



Then returning the censer to the Deacon, he says: 

Accendat in nobis May the Lord en- 

Dominus ignem sui kindle in us the fire of 

amoris, et flammam 96- his love, and the flame 

ternae caritatis. Amen, of everlasting charity. 



The Deacon then incenses the Priest, the attend- 
ant Clergy, and the Subdeacon, who holds the 
paten in a veil. The Censer-bearer then in- 
censes the Deacon, Acolythes, and People. 

The Lavabo. 

The Priest, after being incensed — or, in Masses 
not solemn, after the Veni Sanctiflcator — pro- 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 173 

ceeds to the Epistle side of the altar, and the 
Clerk pours water on his ringers, and the Priest 
wipes them on a towel, saying (Ps. xxv. 6): 

Lavabo inter inno- I will wash my 

centes manus meas ; et hands among the In- 

circumdabo altare tti- nocent ; and will com- 

um, Domine. pass thy altar, O Lord. 

Ut audiam vocem That I may hear the 

laudis ; et enarrem uni- voice of Thy praise ; 

versa mirabilia tua. and tell all Thy won- 

drous works. 

Domine, dilexi deco- I have loved, O 

rem domus tuse, et lo- Lord, the beauty of \ 

cum habitationis glo- Thy house, and the 

riae tuae. place where Thy glory ] 

dwelleth. 

Ne perdas cum im- Take not away my 

piis animam meam, et soul with the wicked, ; 

cum viris sanguinum nor my life with bloody j 

vitam meam. men. 

In quorum manibus In whose hands are 

iniquitates sunt : dex- iniquities : their right 

tera eorum repleta est hand is filled with gifts, 
muneribus. 

Ego autem in inno- But as for me, I 

centia mea ingressus have walked in my in- | 



1 74 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



sum : redime me et 
miserere mei. 

Pes meus stetit in 
directo : in ecclesiis 
benedicam te, Domine. 



nocence : redeem me 
and have mercy on me. 

My foot hath stood 
in the direct way ; in 
the churches I will 
bless Thee, O Lord. 



Then follows, except in Masses for the Dead, and 
in Passion-time, the Doxology. 



Gloria Patri et Filio, 
et Spiritui Sancto ; si- 
cut erat in principio 
et nunc et semper et 
in saacula saeculorum. 
Amen. 



Glory be to the Fa- 
ther, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost, 
as it was in the be- 
ginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 



Returning to the middle of the Altar, the Priest 
bows down and says: 



Suscipe, sancta 
Trinitas, hanc Oblatio- 
nem, quam tibi o fieri - 
mus ob memoriam 
Passionis, Resurrec- 
tionis, et Ascensionis 
Jesu Christi Domini 



Receive, O Holy 
Trinity, this Oblation 
which we make to Thee 
in memory of the Pas- 
sion, Resurrection, and 
Ascension of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and in 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 17 5 



nostri, et in honorem 
beatse Mariae semper 
Virginis, et beati Joan- 
nis Baptistae, et sancto- 
rum Apostolorum Pe- 
tri et Pauli, et istorum, 
et omnium Sanctorum; 
ut illis proficiat ad ho- 
norem, nobis autem ad 
salutem ; et ill! pro no- 
bis dignentur interce- 
des in coelis, quorum 
memoriam agimus in 
terris. Per eundem 
Christum Dominum 
nostrum. Amen. 



honor of the blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, of 
blessed John Baptist, 
the holy Apostles Pe- 
ter and Paul, of these, 
and of all the Saints ; 
that it may be avail- 
able to their honor, 
and our salvation ; and 
may they vouchsafe to 
intercede for us in 
Heaven, whose memo- 
ry we celebrate on 
earth : Through the 
same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



The Orate Fratres. 

He then kisses the Altar, and turning towards the 
people, says: 

Orate, fratres, ut Brethren, pray that 

meum ac vestrum sa- my sacrifice and yours 

crificium acceptabile may be acceptable to 

fiat apud Deum pa- God the Father Al- 

trem omnipotentem. mighty. 

R. Suscipiat Domi- R. May the Lord 



176 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



nus sacrificium de ma- 
nibus tuis ad laudem 
et gloriam nominis sui, 
ad utilitatem quoque 
nostram, totiusque Ec- 
clesiae suae sanctae. 
R. Amen. 



receive the sacrifice 
from Thy hands, to 
the praise and glory 
of His name, and to 
our benefit, and that 
of all His holy Church. 
R. Amen. 



The Priest then, in a very low tone, recites the 
Secret, a prayer which varies like the Epistle, 
etc. 

The Secret for Trinity Sunday. 

GRACIOUSLY hear us, O God, our 
Saviour, and by virtue of this 
Sacrament defend us from all enemies of 
mind and body; bestowing upon us grace 
now and glory hereafter. Through, etc. 

The Priest having silently read the Secret, utters 
aloud the last words of the " Through, etc." 

P. Per omnia saecu- P. Forever and 
la saeculorum. ever. 

To which the Clerk or Choir responds: 



R. Amen. 



R. Amen. 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 177 

The Priest without turning around, with his hands 
resting on the Altar, proceeds : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be 

cum. with you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 

tuo. spirit. 

P. Sursum corda. P. Lift up your 
hearts. 

R. HabemusadDo- R. We have lifted 

minum. them to the Lord. 

Closing his hands, he continues : 

P. Gratias agamus P. Let us give 
Domino Deo nostro. thanks to our Lord 

God. 

R. Dignum et jus- R. It is just and 
turn est. right. 



The Preface. 

Preface of Trinity Sunday, and every other Sun- 
day that has no proper one. 

L Vere dignum et I. It is truly meet 
justum est, aequum et and just, right and 
salutare, nos tibi sem- salutary, that we 

12— S. Heart. 



i/8 The Ordinary of the Mass, 



per, et ubique gratias 
agere, Domine sancte, 
Pater omnipotens, ae- 
terne Deus. 

II. Qui cum unigen- 

ito Filio tuo ,et Spiritu 
Sancto unus es Deus, 
unuses Dominus; non 
in unius singularitate 
Personae, sed in unius 
Trinitate substantias. 
Quod enim de tua glo- 
ria, revelante te, credi- 
mus, hoc de Filio tuo, 
hoc de Spiritu Sancto, 
sine differentia discre- 
tions sentimus. Ut 
in confessione verae, 
sempiternseque Deita- 
tis, et in personis pro- 
prietas, et in essentia 
unitas, et in majestate 
adoretur aequalitas. 
Quam laudant angeli 
atque archangeli, che- 
rubim quoque ac sera- 



should always, and in 
all places, give thanks 
to Thee, O holy Lord, 
Father Almighty, Eter- 
nal God. 

II. Who, together 
with Thy only begot- 
ten Son and the Holy 
Ghost, art one God 
and one Lord, not in 
a singularity of one 
Person, but in a Trini- 
ty of one substance. 
For that which by Thy 
revelation we believe 
of Thy glory, the same 
we believe of Thy Son, 
and the same of the 
Holy Ghost, without 
any difference or dis- 
tinction ; that in the 
confession of a true 
and eternal Deity, dis- 
tinctness in the Per- 
sons, unity in the es- 
sence, and equality in 
the Majesty may be 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 179 



phim ; qui non cessant 
clamare quotidie, una 
voce dicentes : 



III. Sanctus, Sanc- 
tus, Sanctus, Domi- 
nus Deus Sabaoth. 
Pleni sunt cceli et 
terra gloria tua. Ho- 
sanna in excelsis ! 
Benedictus qui venit 
t§* in nomine Domini : 
Hosanna in excelsis 1 

(Go on to p. 187. ) 



adored. Whom the 
angels and archangels, 
the cherubim also and 
seraphim praise ; and 
cease not daily to cry out 
with one voice, saving : 

III. Holy, ' Holy, 
Holy, Lord God of 
Hosts. The Heavens 
and the earth are full 
of Thy glory. Hosanna 
in the highest ! Bless- 
ed is he that cometh 
sf* in the name of the 
Lord. Hosanna in the 
highest. 

(Go on to p. 187. ) 



In Masses for the Dead, and on doubles and semi- 
doubles having no proper preface : 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Per Christum 
Dominum nostrum : * 
per quern majestatem 
tuam laudant angeli, 
adorant dominationes, 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Through Christ 
our Lord : * through 
whom the angels praise 
Thy majesty, the 
dominations adore, the 







180 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

tremunt potestates ; powers do hold in awe, 
cceli ccelorumque vir- the Heavens, and the 
rutes, ac beata sera- virtues of the Heavens, 
phim, socia exultatione and the blessed sera- 
concelebrant. Cum phim, do celebrate 
quibus et nostras voces, with united joy. In 
ut admitti jubeas de- union with whom we 
precamur, supplici beseech Thee, that 
confessione dicentes : Thou wouldst com- 
mand our voices also 
to be admitted with 
suppliant confession, 
saying : 

III. As on p. 179. III. As on p. 179. 

From Christmas day to the Epiphany ; on Corpus 
Christi; and on our Lord's Transfiguration : 

I. As on p. 177-S. I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Quia per incar- II. Because by the 
nati Verbi mysterium, mystery of the Word 
nova mentis nostra? made flesh, the new 
oculis lux tuae clarita- light of Thy brightness 
tis infulsit ; ut dum hath shone upon the 

i visibiliter Deum cog- eyes of our minds ; 
noscimus, per hunc in that while we behold 







The Ordinary of the Mass. 1 8 1 



invisibilium amorem 
rapiamur. 

Et ideo, cum angelis 
et archangelis, cum 
thronis et dominatio- 
nibus, cumque omni 
militia coelestis exer- 
citus, hymnum glorias 
tuae canimus, sine fine 
dicentes. 

III. As on p. 179. 



God visibly, we may 
by Him be carried on 
to the love of things 
invisible. 

And therefore, with 
the angels and arch- 
angels, with the 
thrones and domina- 
tions, and with all the 
army of the heavenly 
host, we sing a hymn 
to Thy glory, saying 
without ceasing ; 

III. As on p. 179. 



On the Epiphany and during its Octave: 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Quia cum uni- 
genirus tuus in sub- 
stantia nostrae mor- 
talitatis apparuit, nova 
nos immortalitatis suae 
luce reparavit. 

Et ideo, cum angelis 
et archangelis, cum 
thronis et dominatio- 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Because when 
Thy only begotten Son 
appeared in the sub- 
stance of our mortal 
flesh, he repaired us 
by the new light of His 
immortality. 

And therefore, with 
the angels and arch- 



1 82 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



nibus, cumque omni 
militia coelestis exer- 
citus, hymnum glorias 
tuae canimus, sine fine 
dicentes : 



III. As on p. 179. 



angels, with the 
thrones and domina- 
tions, and with all the 
army of the heavenly 
host, we sing a hymn 
to Thy glory, saying 
without ceasing : 
III. As on p. 179. 



In Lent till Passion Sunday : 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Qui corporali je- 
junio vitia comprimis, 
mentem elevas, virtu- 
tem largiris et prae- 
mia. 

Per Christum, 
(p. 179.) 

III. As on p. 



etc. 



179. 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Who by bodily 
fasting dost, repress 
vices, elevate the mind, 
bestow virtue and re- 
wards. 

Through, etc. (p. 

179- ) 

III. As on p. 179. 



On Passion and Palm Sundays, Maunday-Thurs- 
day, and Feasts of the Holy Cross. 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Qui salutem hu- 
man! generis in ligno 
Crucis constituisti ; lit 
unde mors oriebatur, 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Who didst effect 
the salvation of man- 
kind on the wood of 
the Cross : that from 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 183 



inde vita resurgeret, 
et qui in ligno vince- 
bat, in ligno quoque 
vinceretur. Per Chris- 
num Dominum nos- 
trum, etc, (p. 179.) 

III. As on p. 179. 



whence death came, 
thence life might arise ; 
and that He who over- 
came by the tree, 
might also by the tree 
be overcome. Through 
etc. (p. 179.) 
III. As on p. 179. 



From Holy Saturday to Ascension day. 



I. Vere dignum et 
justum est, aequum et 
salutare, te quidem 
Domine omni tem- 
pore, sed [in hac potis- 
simum nocte vel die, 
vel] in hoc potissi- 
mum gloriosius prae- 
dicare, cum Pascha 
nostrum immolatus est 
Christus. Ipse enim 
verus est Agnus, qui 
abstulit peccata mun- 
di, qui mortem nos- 
tram moriendo de- 
struxit, et vitam resur- 
gendo reparavit. 



I. It is truly meet 
and just, right and sal- 
utary, to praise Thee, 
O Lord, at all times, 
but chiefly [on this 
night or day, or] at this 
time, when Christ our 
Passover was sacrificed 
for us. For He is the 
true Lamb who hath 
taken away the sins of 
the world, who by 
dying destroyed our 
death, and by rising 
again restored us to 
life. 





184 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

II. Et ideo, cum II. And therefore, 
angelis, et archangelis, with the angels and 
cum thronis, et domi- archangels, with .the 
nationibus, cumque thrones and domina- 
omni militia coelestis tions, and with all the 
exercitus, hymnum army of the heavenly 
gloriae tuse canimus, host, we sing a hymn 
sine fine dicentes. to Thy glory, saying 

without ceasing : 

III. As on p. 179. III. As on p. 179. 

From Ascension day to Whitsun-eve. 

I. As on p. 177-8. I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Per Christum II. Through Christ 
Dominum nostrum, our Lord. Who, after 
Qui post resurrectio- His resurrection, ap- 
nem suam omnibus peared openly to all 
discipulis suis manifes- His disciples, and in 
tus apparuit, et ipsis their sight ascended up 
cernentibus estelevatus to Heaven, to make 
in coelum, ut nos divi- us partakers of His 
nitatis suae tribueret divinity. And there- 
esse participes. Et fore w r ith the angels 
ideo cum angelis et and archangels, with 
archangelis, cum thro- the thrones and domi- 
nis et dominationibus, nations, and with all 
cumque omni militia the army of the 







The Ordinary of the Mass. I 85 



ccelestis exercitus, 
hymnum gloiiae tiiae 
canimus, sine fine di- 



centes : 



III. 



As on p. 179. 



heavenly host, we sing 
a hymn to Thy glory, 
saying without ceas- 
ing : 

III. As on p. 179. 



From Whitsun-eve to Trinity Sunday ; and in 
Votive Masses of the Holy Ghost. 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Per Christum 
Dominum nostrum. 
Qui ascendens super 
omnes coelos, sedens- 
que ad dexteram tuam, 
promissum Spiritum 
Sanctum [hodierna 
die] in filios adoptio- 
ns effudit : Quaprop- 
ter profusis gaudiis to- 
tus in orbe terrarum 
mundus exultat Sed 
et supernae virtutes at- 
que angelicas potesta- 
tes, hymnum glorise 
tuse concinunt, sine 
fine dicentes : 

III. As on p. 179. 



I As on p. 177-8. 

II. Through Christ 
our Lord. Who as- 
cending above all the 
Heavens, and sitting 
at Thy right hand, sent 
down the promised 
Holy Spirit [this day] 
upon the children of 
adoption : Wherefore 
the whole world exults 
in overflowing joy. 
The heavenly virtues 
also, and the angelic 
powers, together hymn 
Thy glory, saying : 



III. As on p. 179. 



1 86 The Ordi7iary of the Mass. 

On Festivals of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the 
Purification excepted, on which is said the 
Preface of Christmas. 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. Et te in N. bea- 
tse Mariae semper Vir- 
ginis collaudare, bene- 
dicere, et predicare. 
Quae et unigenitum 
tuum Sancti Spiritus 
obumbratione conce- 
pit, et virginitatis glo- 
ria permanente, lu- 
men aeternum mundo 
effudit, Jesum Chris- 
tum Dominum nos- 
trum. * Per quern, etc. 
(p. 179.) 

III. As on p. 179. 



I. As on p. 177-8. 

II. And that we 
should praise, bless, 
and proclaim Thee on 
the N. of blessed Mary 
ever Virgin. Who by 
the overshadowing of 
the Holy Ghost, con- 
ceived Thy only-begot- 
ten Son, and the glory 
of her virginity still re- 
maining, shed forth up- 
on the world the eter- 
nal light, Jesus Christ 
our Lord.* Through 
whom, etc. (p. 179. ) 

III. As on p. 179. 



On the Festivals of the Apostles. 

I. Vere dignum et I. It is truly meet 

justum est, aequum et and just, right and salu- 

salutare, te Domine tary, humbly to beseech 

suppliciter exorare, ut Thee that Thou, O 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 187 



gregem tuum, Pastor 
aeterne, non deseras, 
sed per beatos apos- 
tolos tuos continua 
protectione custodias. 
Ut iisdem rectoribus 
gubernetur, quos ope- 
ris tui vicarios eidem 
contulisti praeesse pas- 
tores. 



II. Et ideo, cum an- 
gelis et archangelis, 
cum thronis et domina- 
tionibus cumque omni 
militia coelestis exerci- 
tus, hymnum gloriae 
tuae canimus, sine fine 
dicentes : 

III. As on p. 179. 



Lord, our eternal Shep- 
herd, wouldst not for- 
sake Thy flock, but 
keep it, through Thy 
blessed apostles, in 
continual protection ; 
that it may be govern- 
ed by those same ru- 
lers whom Thou hast 
appointed to preside 
over it as pastors in 
Thy stead. 

II. And therefore, 
with the angels and 
archangels, with the 
thrones and domina- 
tions, and with all the 
army of the heavenly 
host, we sing a hymn 
to Thy glory, saying 
without ceasing : 

III. As on p. 179. 



The Canon of the Mass. 

The Priest, extending, raising, and joining his 
hands (raising, too, his eyes, as if to direct his 



1 88 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



attention, and immediately lowering them), 
bows over the Altar, and with his hands rest- 
ing on the Altar, invokes the Father of Mer- 
cies through Christ his Son, on the Church 
militant on earth. 



Te igitur, clemen- 
tissime Pater, per Je- 
sum Christum Filium 
tuum Dominum nos- 
trum, supplices roga- 
mus, ac petimus, uti 
accepta habeas et be- 
nedicas hsec sf* dona, 
haec ^ munera, hsec 
sancta s§s sacrificia 
illibata, imprimis quae 
tibi offerimus pro 
Ecclesia tua sancta 
Catholica, quam paci- 
ficare, custodire, adu- 
nare, et regere dig- 
neris toto orbe terra- 
rum ; una cum famu- 
lo tuo Papa Nostro N. 
et Antistite nostro N. 
et omnibus orthodoxis 



We, therefore, hum- 
bly pray and beseech 
Thee, most merciful 
Father, through Jesus 
Christ Thy Son, our 
Lord, that Thou 
wouldst vouchsafe to 
accept and bless these 
t§* gifts, these *ga pres- 
ents, these holy ^ un- 
spotted sacrifices, 
which in the first place 
we offer Thee for Thy 
Holy Catholic Church ; 
to which vouchsafe to 
grant peace, as also to 
preserve, unite, and 
govern it throughout 
the world ; together 
with Thy servant N. 
our Pope, N. our 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 189 



atque catholicae et Bishop, as also all 
apostolicae fidei cultori- orthodox believers and 
bus. professors of the Ca- 

tholic and apostolic 
faith. 

The Memento of the Living. 

Memento, Domine, Be mindful, O Lord, 
famulorum famula- of Thy servants and 
rumque tuarum N. et handmaids, N. and N. 
N. 

Here the Priest joins his hands, and prays, as we 
all should, for those for whom he specially in- 
tends to pray ; then extending his hands, he 
proceeds : 



Et omnium circum- 
stantium, quorum tibi 
fides cognita est, et 
nota devotio, pro qui- 
bus tibi offerimus, vel 
qui tibi offerunt hoc 
sa^rificium laudis pro 
se suisque omnibus, 
pro redemptione ani- 
marum suarum, pro 



And of all here pres- 
ent, whose faith is 
known, and devotion 
apparent unto Thee, 
for whom w r e offer, or 
who offer up to Thee 
this sacrifice of praise 
for themselves, their 
families and friends, 
for the redemption of 



190 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

spe salutis et incolu- their souls, for the hope 
mitatis suae, tibique of their safety and sal- 
reddunt vota sua aeter- vation, and who pay 
no Deo, vivo et vero. their vows to Thee, 

the eternal, living, and 

true God. 

" Communicant es" 



COMMUNICANTES et 

memoriam venerantes 
imprimis gloriosae sem- 
per Virginis Mariae, Ge- 
nitricis Dei et Domini 
nostri Jesu Christi ; 
sed et beatorum Apos- 
tolorum ac Martyrum 
tuorum, Petri etPauli, 
Andreae, Jacobi, Joan- 
nis, Thomae, Jacobi, 
Philippi, Bartholomsei, 
Matthaei, Simonis et 
Thaddaei, Lini, Cleti, 
Clementis, Xysti, Cor- 
nell, Cypriani, Lau- 
rentii, Chrysogoni, Jo- 
annis et Pauli, Cosmae 



Communicating with, 
and honoring the mem- 
ory, in the first place, 
of the ever-glorious 
Virgin Mary, Mother 
of our Lord and God 
Jesus Christ ; as also 
of the blessed Apostles 
and Martyrs, Peter and 
Paul, Andrew, James, 
John, Thomas, James, 
Philip, Bartholomew, 
Matthew, Simon, and 
Thaddeus, Linus, Cle- 
tus, Clement, Xystus, 
Cornelius, Cyprian, 
Lawrence, Chrysogon- 
us, John and Paul, 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 191 



etDamiani, et omnium 
Sanctorum tuorum, 
quorum meritis preci- 
busque concedas, ut in 
omnibus protections 
tuae muniamur auxilio. 
Per eundem Christum 
Dominum nostrum. 
Amen. 



Cosmas and Damian, 
and of all Thy saints, 
through whose merits 
and prayers grant that 
we may be always 
defended by the help 
of Thy protection. 
Through the same 
Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



Spreading the hands ov 
he s 

Hanc igitur oblatio- 
nem servitutis nostras 
sed et cunctae familiae, 
tuae, quaesumus, Domi- 
ne, ut placatus accipi- 
as ; diesque nostros in 
tua pace disponas, at- 
que ab aeterna damna- 
tione nos eripi, et in 
electorum tuorum ju- 
beas grege numerari. 
Per Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. Amen, 



■ the Host and Chalice, 
s : 

We therefore be- 
seech Thee, O Lord, 
graciously to accept 
this oblation of our 
service, as also of Thy 
whole family, and to 
dispose our days in 
Thy peace ; preserve 
us from eternal dam- 
nation, and number us 
in the flock of Thine 
elect. Through Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



192 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



Then he joins his hands, and continues signing 
the oblation with the sign of the Cross. 



Quam oblationem 
tu Deus, in omnibus, 
quaesumus, beneijidic- 
tam, adscripr^itam, ra- 
tam, rationabilem, ac- 
cepta*Jibilemque face- 
re digneris, ut nobis 
Conjipus et Sanjjiguis 
fiat dilectissimi Filii 
tui Domini nostri 
Jesu Christi. 



Which oblation do 
Thou, O God, vouch- 
safe in all respects to 
make blessed, ap- 
proved, ifi ratified, 
reasonable and accept- 
able, that it may 
become to us the »ft 
Body and iji Blood of 
Thy most beloved Son, 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 



The Consecration. 

As he utters the words, he performs each action 
they indicate. 



Qui pridie quam pa- 
teretur, accepit panem 
in sanctas ac venera- 
biles manus suas, et 
elevatis oculis in cce- 
lum, ad te Deum Pa- 
trem suum omnipo- 
tentem : tibi gratias 
agens, bene&jidixit, fre- 



Who the day before 
He suffered, took bread 
into His holy and ven- 
erable, hands, and with 
His eyes lifted up to- 
wards Heaven, to God, 
His Almighty Father : 
giving thanks to Thee, 
did bless, break, and 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 193 

git, deditque discipu- give to His disciples, 

lis suis, dicens : Ac- saying : Take, and eat 

cipite, et manducate ye all of this : For 

ex hoc omnes : Hoc this is my body. 

EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM. 

After pronouncing the words of consecration, 
the Priest, kneeling, adores the sacred Host ; 
rising, he elevates it, amid the ringing of the 
bell ; and then placing it on the corporal, again 
adores it. 

After this he never disjoins his fingers and 
thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until 
the Ablution. 

He then proceeds, taking the Chalice in both 
hands : 

Simili modo, post- In like manner, af- 
quam coenatum est, ac- ter He had supped, 
cipiens et hunc prae- taking also this excel- 
clarum calicem in lent chalice into His 
sanctas ac venerabiles holy and venerable 
manus suas, item tibi hands, and giving Thee 
gratias agens, bene*j<- thanks, He bless^ed, 
dixit, deditque disci- and gave to His disci- 
pulis suis, dicens : Ac- pies, saying: Take and 
cipite et bibite ex eo drink ye all of this, 
omnes, Hie est enim For this is the chal- 

13-S. Heart. 



1 94 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



CALIX SANGUINIS MEI, NO 
VI ET JETERNI TESTAMEN- 
TS MYSTERIUM FIDEI \ 
QUI PRO VOBIS ET PRO 
MULTIS EFFUNDETUR IN 
REMISSIONEM PECCAT0- 
RUM. 

Haec quotiescumque 
feceritis, in mei memo- 
riam facietis. 



ICE OF MY BLOOD OF THE 
NEW AND ETERNAL TES- 
TAMENT ; THE MYSTERY 
OF FAITH I WHICH SHALL 
BE SHED FOR YOU, AND 
FOR MANY, TO THE RE- 
MISSION OF SINS. 

As often as ye do 
these things, ye shall 
do them in remem- 
brance of me. 



Kneeling, he adores ; rising, he elevates the 
Chalice for the adoration of the faithful while the 
bell rings thrice again ; then the Priest replaces 
the Chalice on the corporal, covers it, and again 
adoring, proceeds, extending his hands: 



Unde et mem ores 
Domine, nos servi tui, 
sed et plebs tua sane-, 
ta, ejusdem Christi Fi- 
lii tui Domini nostri 
tarn beatas passionis, 
necnon et ab inferis 
resurrectionis, sed et 
in ccelos gloriosae as- 
censionis : offerimus 



Wherefore, O Lord, 
we Thy servants, as 
also Thy holy people, 
calling to mind the 
blessed passion of the 
same Christ Thy Son 
our Lord, His resur- 
rection from hell, and 
glorious ascension in- 
to Heaven, offer unto 





The Ordinary of the Mass. 195 

praeclarae Majestati Thy most excellent 
tuse, de tuis donis ac Majesty, of Thy gifts 
datis, Hostiam pu- and grants, a pure tfj 
ram, Hostiam sane- Host, a holy *f< Host, 
turn, Hostiam t§* im- an immaculate^ Host, 
maculatum, panem ^ the holy sf* bread of 
sanctum vitae aeternae, eternal life, and the 
et calicem t|< salutis chalice *§i of everlast- 
perpetuae. ing salvation. 

Still extending his hands, he proceeds : 

Supra quae propitio Upon which vouch- 
ac sereno vultu respi- safe to look, with a 
cere digneris, et ac- propitious and serene 
cepta habere dignatus countenance, and to 
es munera pueri tui accept them, as Thou 
justi Abel, et sacrifi- wast graciously pleased 
cium Patriarchae nos- to accept the gifts of 
tri Abrahae ; et quod thy just servant Abel, 
tibi obtulit summus and the sacrifice of our 
sacerdos tuus Melchi- Patriarch Abraham, 
sedech, sanctum sacri- and that which the 
ncium, immaculatam high priest Melchise- 
hostiam. dech offered to Thee, a 

holy sacrifice, an im- 
maculate host. 









196 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

Bowing down profoundly, with his hands joined 
and placed upon the altar, he says, full of hu- 
mility : 

Supplices te roga- We most humbly 
mus, omnipotens De- beseech Thee, Al- 
us, jube haec perferri mighty God, command 
per manus sancti an- these things to be car- 
geli tui in sublime al- ried by the hands of 
tare tuum, in conspec- Thy angel to Thy altar 
tu divinae Majestatis on high, in the sight 
tuae, ut quotquot ex of Thy divine Majesty, 
hac altaris participa- that as many of us as 
tione s§< sacrosanctum by participation at this 
Filii tui Corsfipus et altar, shall receive the 
Sanifiguinem sumpse- most sacred if* Body 
rimus, omni benedic- and tf« Blood of Thy 
tione ccelesti et gratia Son may be filled with 
repleamur. Per eun- all heavenly if* bene- 
dem Christum Domi- diction and grace, 
num. nostrum. Amen. Through the same 

Christ our Lord. 

Amen. 

Memento for the Dead. 

Memento etiam, Do- Be mindful, 0 Lord, 
mine, famulorum fa- of Thy servants and 
mularumque tuarum handmaids [N.], and 







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N. et N. qui nos prx- [N. ] who are gone be- 

cesserunt cum signo fore us with the sign 

fidei, et dormiunt in of faith, and slumber 

somno pacis. in the sleep of peace. 

Here he pauses to recommend the souls for whom 
he especially desires to pray. 



Ipsis, Domine, et 
omnibus in Christo 
quiescentibus, locum 
refrigerii, lucis et pa- 
cis, ut indulgeas de- 
precamur : per eun- 
dem Christum Domi- 
num nostrum. Amen. 



To these, O Lord, 
and to all that rest in 
Christ, grant, we be- 
seech Thee, a place of 
refreshment, light, and 
peace : through the 
same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



Then he continues, raising his voice : 



Nobis quoque pec- 
catoribus famulis tuis, 
de multitudine mise- 
rationem tuarum spe- 
rantibus partem ali- 
quam et societatem 
donare digneris, cum 
tuis Sanctis apostolis 
et martyribus ; cum 



And to us sinners, 
thy servants, hoping 
in the multitude of 
thy mercies, vouchsafe 
to grant some part 
and fellowship with 
Thy holy apostles and 
martyrs ; with John, 
Stephen, Matthias, 



198 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



Joanne, Stephano, 
Matthia, Barnaba; Ig- 
natio, Alexandro, Mar- 
cellino, Petro, Felici- 
tate, Perpetua, Aga- 
tha, Lucia, Agnete, 
Caecilia, Anastasia, et 
omnibus Sanctis tuis: 
intra quorum nos con- 
sortium, non aestima- 
tor meriti, sed veniae, 
quaesumus, largitor ad- 
mitte. Per Christum 
Dominum nostrum. 



Barnabas, Ignatius, 
Alexander, Marcelli- 
nus, Peter, Felicitas, 
Perpetua, Agatha, Lu- 
cy, Agnes, Cecilia, An- 
astasia, and with all 
Thy Saints : into whose 
company we beseech 
Thee to admit us, 
not as a rewarder of 
merit, but as a free 
bestower of pardon. 
Through Christ our 
Lord. 



Then blessing the sacred species twice, he says : 

Per quern haec om- By whom, O Lord, 
nia, Domine, semper Thou dost always ere- 
bona creas, sanction- ate, sanctify, tf( quick- 
cas, viviijincas, bene^- en, ^ bless, ^ and 
dicis, et praestas nobis, give us all these good 

things. 

He uncovers the Chalice and makes a genuflex- 
ion ; then taking the Host in his right hand, and 
the Chalice in his left, he makes the sign of the 



The Or dinar y of the Mass. 199 



Cross three times over the mouth of the Chalice, 
saying : 



Per ipej*sum, et cum 
ipijiso, et in ipijjiso, 

est tibi Deo Pa- 
tri ^ omnipotent^ 
in unitate Spiritus *J* 
Sancti, omnis honor et 
gloria. 



Through Him, >j*and 
with Him, if* and in 
Him, *|* is to Thee, 
God the if* Father Al- 
mighty, in the unity of 
the Holy i{* Ghost, all 
honor and glory. 



During the last words he holds the sacred Host 
over the Chalice, and slighty elevates both of 
them together ; after which he replaces them 
as before, and making a genuflexion, says 
aloud : 



P. Per omnia specu- 
la saeculorum. 
R. Amen. 



P. Forever and ever. 



R. Amen. 



The Lords Prayer. 
Oremus. Let us pray. 



Prjeceptis salutari- 
bus moniti, et divina 
institutione formati, 
audemus dicere: 



Instructed by Thy 
saving precepts, and 
following Thy divine 
instruction, we pre- 
sume to say: 



200 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



Pater Noster, qui 
es in ccelis, sanctifice- 
tur nomen tuum ; 
adveniat regnum tu- 
um; fiat voluntas tua 
sicut in coelo, et in 
terra; panem nostrum 
quotidianum da nobis 
hodie; et dimitte no- 
bis debita nostra, sicut 
et nos dimittimus de- 
bitoribus nostris ; et 
ne nos inducas in ten- 
tationem. 

R. Sed libera nos a 
malo. 

P. Amen. 



Our Father, who 
art in Heaven, hallow- 
ed be Thy name; Thy 
kingdom come; Thy 
will be done on earth, 
as it is in Heaven; 
Give us this day our 
daily bread ; and for- 
give us our trespasses, 
as we forgive them 
that trespass against 
us ; and lead us not 
into temptation. 

R. But deliver us 
from evil. 
P, Amen. 



The Priest, taking the paten in his hand (or in 
Solemn Masses receiving it from the Subdeacon 
by the hands of the Deacon), continues full of 
the spirit of the Lord's Prayer, as follows, cross- 
ing himself with the paten towards the close : 

Libera nos, quaesu- Deliver us, O Lord, 

mus, Domine, ab om- we beseech Thee, from 

nibus malis praeteritis, all evils, past and pres- 

presentibus, et futuris; ent, and by the inter- 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 201 



et intercedente beata 
et gloriosa semper Vir- 
gine Dei Genitrice 
Maria, cum beatis 
apostolis tuis Petro et 
Paulo, atque Andrea, 
et omnibus Sanctis, da 
propitius pacem in 
diebus nostris, ut ope 
misericordiae tuae ad- 
juti, et a peccato si- 
mus semper liberi, et 
ab omni perturbatione 
securi. 



cession of the blessed 
and glorious ever Vir- 
gin Mary, Mother of 
God, thy holy Apostles 
Peter and Paul, and 
Andrew, and all the 
saints ; grant peace in 
our days, that through 
the assistance of thy 
mercy, we may be al- 
ways free from sin, and 
secure from ail distur- 
bance. 



Sliding the paten under the Host, he takes the 
pall from the Chalice and makes a genuflexion; 
and taking the Host, breaks it over the Chalice 
according to the divine institution — " He blessed 
and broke," and says : 

Per eundem Domi- Through the same 
num nostrum Jesum Jesus Christ, Thy Son 
Christum Filium tuum. our Lord. 

Laying down the portion in his right hand, he 
breaks a particle from the other, continuing : 

Qui tecum vivit et Who, with Thee and 







202 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

regnat, in imitate Spi- the Holy Ghost, liveth 
ritus Sancti, Deus and reigneth, God 

Concluding, as he holds this particle in his right 
hand, and the Chalice in the left : 

V. Per omnia saecu- V. W orld without 
la saeculorum. end. 

R. Amen. R. Amen. 

Making the sign of the Cross with the particle 
over the Chalice, he addresses the people, but 
without turning: 

V. Pax )§t Domini V. May the peaceij* 
sit ija semper vobisrf*- of the Lord be if* al- 
cum. ways with if* you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

Dropping the particle of the Host into the 
Chalice, he says : 

Haec commixtio et May this mixture 
consecratio corporis et and consecration of the 
sanguinis Domini nos- Body and Blood of our 
tri Jesu Christi fiat Lord Jesus Christ, be 
accipientibus nobis in to us that receive it 
vitam aeternam. Amen, effectual to eternal life. 

Amen. 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 203 



He covers the Chalice, makes a genuflexion, and 
then bowing down and striking his breast three 
times, he says the following, which the choir at 
High Mass immediately intone and chant till 
after the Communion : 



Agnus Dei, qui tol- 
lis peccata mundi, 
miserere nobis. 

Agnus Dei, qui tol- 
lis peccata mundi, 
miserere nobis. 

Agnus Dei, qui tol- 
lis peccata mundi, 
dona nobis pacem. 



Lamb of God, who 
takest away the sins of 
the world, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lamb of God, who 
takest away the sins of 
the world, have mercy 
upon us. 

Lamb of God, who 
takest away the sins of 
the world, grant us 
peace. 



In Masses for the Dead, instead of the words, 
" miserere nobis," " dona nobis pacem," the 
Priest says, "dona eis requiem," "dona eis 
requiem sempiternam," — "give them rest," 
"give them eternal rest," — and omits the fol- 
lowing prayer for peace. 

P. Domine Jesu P. Lord Jesus Christ, 
Christe, qui dixisti who said to Thy Apos- 



204 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



apostolis tuis : Pacem 
relinquo vobis, pacem 
meam do vobis : ne 
respicias peccata mea, 
sed fidem Ecclesiae 
tuae ; eamque secun- 
dum voluntatem tuam 
pacificare et coadunare 
digneris ; qui vivis et 
regnas, Deus, per om- 
nia saecula saeculorum. 
Amen. 



ties, I leave you peace, 
I give you my peace, 
regard not my sins, 
but the faith of Thy 
Church ; and grant 
her that peace and 
unity which is agree- 
able to Thy will ; who 
livest and reignest for 
ever and ever. Amen. 



Kissing the Altar, the Priest, in Solemn Masses, 
gives the kiss of peace to the Deacon, who, in 
the same manner salutes the Subdeacon. The 
Priest says : 



P. Pax tecum. 

R. Et cum spiritu 
tuo. 

P. Domine Jesu 
Christe, Fili Dei vivi, 
qui ex voluntate Pa- 
tris, co-operante Spi- 
ritu Sancto, per mor- 
tem tuam mundum vi- 



P. Peace be with 
thee. 

R. And with thy 
spirit. 

P. Lord Jesus Christ, 
Son of the living God, 
who, according to the 
will of Thy Father, 
hast by Thy death, 
through the co-opera- 



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vificasti, libera me per 
hoc sacro-sanctum cor- 
pus et sanguinem tuum 
ab omnibus iniquitati- 
bus meis, et universis 
malis ; et fac me tuis 
semper inhaerere man- 
datis, et a te nunquam 
separari permittas ; qui 
cum eodem Deo Patre 
et Spiritu Sancto vivis 
et regnas Deus in 
ssecula sseculorum. 
Amen. 

Perceptio corporis 
tui, Domine Jesu 
Christe, quod ego in- 
dignus sumere prsesu- 
mo, non mihi proveni- 
at in judicium et con- 
demnationem ; sed pro 
tua pietate prosit mihi 
ad tutamentum mentis 
et corporis, et ad me- 
delam percipiendam ; 
qui vivis et regnas cum 
Deo Patre, in unitate 



tion of the Holy Ghost, 
given life to the world, 
deliver me by this Thy 
most sacred Body and 
Blood from all my in- 
iquities, and from all 
evils ; and make me 
always adhere to Thy 
commandments, and 
never suffer me to be 
separated from Thee ; 
who livest and reignest 
with God the Father, 
etc. Amen. 

Let not, O Lord 
Jesus Christ, the parti- 
cipation of Thy Body, 
which I, though un- 
worthy, presume to 
receive, turn to my 
judgment and condem- 
nation ; but, through 
Thy mercy, may it be 
to me a safeguard and 
remedy, both for soul 
and body : who, with 
God the Father, in the 



2o6 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

Spiritus Sancti, Deus, unity of the Holy 
per omnia saecula saecu- Ghost, livest and reign- 
lorum. Amen. est God, for ever and 

ever. Amen. 

The Communion. 

The Priest preparing to communicate, before 
giving the Body of the Lord to the faithful, 
makes a genuflexion, and rising, says : 

Panem coelestem ac- I will take the 
cipiam, et nomen Do- bread of Heaven, and 
mini invocabo. call upon the name of 

our Lord. 

Then slightly bending, he takes the two portions 
of the Host and the paten in his hand beneath 
it: he strikes his breast, while the Clerk rings 
the bell to summon all who desire to approach 
the table of the Lord. 



Domine, non sum 
dignus ut intres sub 
tectum meum ; sed 
tantum die verbo, et 
sanabitur anima mea. 



Lord, I am not wor- 
thy that Thou shouldst 
enter under my roof ; 
say but the word, and 
my soul shall be healed. 



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Signing himself with the sacred Host, he rever- 
ently consumes it, saying: 

Corpus Domini May the Body of our 
nostri Jesu Christi Lord efi Jesus Christ 
custodiat animam me- preserve my soul to life 
am in vitam seternam. everlasting. Amen. 
Amen. 

He then joins his hands, and bows down in silent 
meditation and thanksgiving. After which he 
uncovers the Chalice, and collecting on the 
paten any particles which remain on the corpo- 
ral, he says (Ps. cxv. 12): 



Quid retribuam Do- 
mino pro omnibus 
quae retribuit mihi ? 
Calicem salutaris ac- 
cipiam, et nomen Do- 
mini invocabo. Lau- 
dans, invocabo Do- 
minum, et ab inimicis 
meis salvus ero. 



What shall I render 
to the Lord for all he 
hath rendered unto 
me ? I will take the 
Chalice of salvation, 
and call upon the 
name of the Lord. 
Praising, I will call 
upon the Lord, and 
shall be saved from my 
enemies. 



2o8 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

Taking the Chalice in his right hand, after drop- 
ping the particles into it, he says the following 
prayer, and receives the Precious Blood: 

tfi Sanguis Domini jf< May the Blood 

nostri Jesu Christi of our Lord Jesus 

custodiat animam me- Christ preserve my soul 

am in vitam seternam. to everlasting life. 

Amen. Amen. 

The Communion of the Faithful. 

When there are communicants, the Clerk kneels 
on the steps near the Epistle side of the Altar, 
and recites the Confiteor, as at the beginning 
of the Mass ; and having finished it, the Priest 
— who has meanwhile taken the Ciboriurn out 
of the Tabernacle and uncovered it — kneels, 
then turns to the people, and says the Miseretur 
and Indulgentiam (p. 153), to each of which 
the clerk responds, Amen. Turning back to 
the altar, he takes the Ciboriurn in his left 
hand, and raising a Host over it in his right, 
turns again to the people, saying : 

Ecce Agnus Dei, Behold the Lamb 
ecce qui tollit peccata of God, behold Him 
mundi. who taketh away the 

sins of the world. 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 209 

And repeats thrice the Domine non sum dignus. 

Descending the steps of the Altar to the commu- 
nicants, accompanied in solemn Masses by the 
Deacon with the paten, the Priest, while all 
bow in reverence, administers the Holy Com- 
munion, saying to each : 

Corpus Domini nos- May the Body of our 

tri Jesu Christi custo- Lord Jesus Christ 

diat animam tuam in preserve thy soul to 

vitam seternam. Amen, life everlasting. Amen. 

The Ablution. 

Returning to the Altar, the Priest covers the 
Ciborium, replaces it in the Tabernacle, and, 
making a genuflexion, closes the door. He 
then says : 



Quod ore sumpsi- 
mus, Domine, pura 
mente capiamus, utde 
munere temporali flat 
nobis remedium sem- 
piternum. 

14— S. Heart. 



Grant, O Lord, 
that what we have 
taken with our mouth, 
we may receive with a 
pure mind, that of a 
temporal gift it may 
become to us an eter- 
nal remedy. 





210 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

\. 

And extends the Chalice to the Clerk, who pours 
some wine into it [in solemn Masses the Deacon 
takes the Chalice, and, pouring wine into it, 
hands it to the Priest]. The Priest then takes 
this, and says : 

Corpus tuum, Domi- May Thy Body, 0 
ne, quod sumpsi, et Lord, which I have re- 
sanguis quern potavi, ceived, and Thy Blood, 
adhaereat visceribus which I have drunk, 
meis ; et praesta ut in cleave to my bowels ; 
me non remaneat see- and grant that no stain 
lerum macula, quern of sin may remain in 
pura et sancta refece- me, who have been fed 
runt sacramenta : qui with His pure and holy 
vivis et regnas in saecula sacrament : who Hvest 
saeculorum. Amen. and reignest, etc. 

Amen. 

Then taking the Chalice in his hands, holding 
over the mouth the ringers which have touched 
the sacred species, he proceeds to the Epistle side 
of the Altar, where the Clerk pours wine, and 
then water, upon them. The Priest takes the 
second ablution, cleanses the chalice, lays the 
paten upon it, and taking the veil from the Clerk, 
lays it over, as in the beginning of the Mass : 
then hp ■nvorpeds to the ATi^jil which the Clerk 







The Ordinary of the Mass. 2 1 1 



has now replaced on the Epistle side, and reads 
the Communion, which is generally a versicle 
from Scripture. 

Returning to the middle of the Altar, the Priest 
kisses it, and turning to the people, says : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be 
cum. with you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with Thy 
tuo. spirit. 

Turning back, he proceeds to the book and reads 
the Post Communion, a prayer which varies 
with the Collect and Secret. 

Post Communion. 

P. May the oblation of this divine sa- 
crament, we beseech Thee, O Lord, both 
cleanse and defend us ; and by the inter- 
cession of the blessed Mary, the Virgin 
Mother of God, of the blessed apostles 
Peter and Paul, of blessed N., and of all 
the saints, free us from all sin, and deliver 
us from all adversity. Through, etc. 

R. Amen. 



212 The Ordinary of the Mass. 

After reading the Collects, the Priest closes the 
book, unless it be a day when a proper Gospel 
is to be read at the end of the Mass, in which 
case he leaves it open, and going to the middle 
of the Altar, turns and says : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be 
cum. with you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

And continues, still turned towards the people, 
chanting at High Mass, or in solemn Masses 
till the Deacon chants it : 

P. Ite, missa est. P. Go, the Mass is 



When the Gloria has been omitted, and when 
violet is worn, instead of the foregoing, he says : 

P. Benedicamus Do- P. Let us bless the 



R. Deo gratias. 



ended. 

R. Thanks be to 
God. 



mmo. 
R, Deo gratias. 



Lord. 

JR. Thanks be to 
God. 



\ 



The Ordinary of the Mass. 213 

In Masses for the Dead, however, 

P\ Requiescant in P. May they rest in 
pace. peace. 

R< Amen. R. Amen. 

Turning to the Altar, the Priest recites the 
following : 



Placeat tibi, sancta 
Trinitas, obsequium 
servitutis meae ; et 
praesta, ut sacrincium 
quod oculis tuae Ma- 
jestatis indignus ob- 
tuli, tibi sit acceptable, 
mihique et omnibus 
pro quibus illud ob- 
tuli, sit, te miserante, 
propitiabile. Per Chris- 
tum Dominum nos- 
trum. Amen. 



Let the performance 
of my homage be 
pleasing to Thee, O 
holy Trinity ; and 
grant that the sacrifice 
which I, unworthy, 
have offered up in the 
sight of Thy Majesty, 
may oe acceptable to 
Thee, and through 
Thy mercy, be a pro- 
pitiation for me, and 
all those for whom 
I have offered it. 
Through, etc. 



The Priest kisses the Altar, raises his hands and 
eyes to Heaven, joins his hands, and bowing 



214 The Oi'dinary of the Mass. 

says [turning to the people after the first three 
words, and blessing them in the form of the 
Cross] : 

P. Benedicat vos P. May Almighty 
omnipotens Deus, if* God, if* the Father, 
Pater, et Filius, et Son, and Holy Ghost, 
Spiritus Sanctus. bless you. 

R, Amen. R. Amen. 

The Last Gospel. 

Then turning to the Gospel side of the altar, he 
says : 

P. Dominus vobis- P. The Lord be 
cum. with you. 

R. Et cum spiritu R. And with thy 
tuo. spirit. 

Then making the sign of the Cross on the altar, 
on his forehead, lips, and heart, he begins the 
last Gospel, which is always taken from the first 
chapter of St. John, except where the office of a 
festival has superseded the office of the Sunday, 
or feria, in which case the Gospel of the latter 
is now read. 

P. Initium sancti P. The beginning 
Evangelii secundum of the Gospel accord- 
Joannem. ing to St. John. 



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R. Gloria tibi, Do- 
mine. 

P. In principio erat 
Verbum, et Verbum 
erat apud Deum, et 
Deus erat Verbum. 
Hoc erat in principio 
apud Deum. Omnia 
per ipsum facta sunt 
et sine ipso factum est 
nihil, quod factum est. 
In ipso vita erat, et 
vita erat lux homi- 
num ; et lux in tene- 
bris lucet, et tenebrae 
earn non comprehen- 
derunt. 

Fuit homo missus a 
Deo, cui nomen erat 
Joannes. Hie venit 
in testimonium, ut 
testimonium perhibe- 
ret de lumine, ut om- 
nes crederent per il- 
ium. Non erat ille 
lux ; sed ut testimo- 



R. Glory be to 
Thee, O Lord. 

P. In the beginning 
was the Word, and the 
Word was with God, 
and the Word w r as God. 
The same was in the 
beginning with God. 
All things were made 
by Him, and without 
Him was made noth- 
ing that was made. 
In Him was life, and 
the life was the light of 
men ; and the light 
shineth in darkness, 
and the darkness did 
not comprehend it. 

There was a man 
sent from God, whose 
name was John. This 
man came for a wit- 
ness, to give testimony 
of the light, that all 
men might believe 
through him. He was 
not the light, but was 



2 1 6 The Ordinary of the Mass. 



nium perhiberet de lu- 
mine. Erat lux vera, 
quae illuminat omnem 
hominem venientem 
in hunc mumdum. 

In mundo erat, et 
mundus per ipsum 
factus est, et mundus 
eum non cognovit. In 
propria venit, et sui 
eum non receperunt. 
\ Quotquot autem rece- 
| perunt eum, dedit eis 
potestatem filios Dei 
fieri ; his qui credunt 
in nomine ejus, qui 
non ex sanguinibus, 
neque ex voluntate car- 
nis, neque ex voluntate 
viri, sed ex Deo nati 
sunt. Et Verbum 

CARO FACTUM EST [hie 

genuflectitur, ] et habi- 
tavit in nobis ; et vidi- 
mus gloriam ejus, 
gloriam quasi Unigen- 



to give testimony of 
the light. That was 
the true light which 
enlighteneth every man 
that cometh into this 
world. 

He was in the world, 
and the world was 
made by Him, and the 
world knew Him not. 
He came unto His 
own, and His own re- 
ceived Him not. But 
as many as received 
Him, to them he gave 
power to be made the 
sons of God ; to them 
that are born, not of 
the blood, nor of the 
will of the flesh, nor 
of the will of man, 
but of God. And the 
Word was made flesh 
[here the people kneel 
down], and dwelt 
among us ; and we saw 
His glory, as it were 



The Ordinary of ihe Mass. 217 



iti a Patre, plenum 
gratiae et veritatis. 

M. Deo gratias. 



the glory of the Only 
begotten of the Father, 
full of grace and truth. 

R. Thanks be to 
God. 



When a Feast falls on a Sunday, or other day which 
has a proper Gospel of its own, the Gospel of 
the day is read instead of the Gospel of St. 
John, 





PRATERS AT MASS. 

f§4 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

IT is in Thy name, O adorable 
Trinity ! it is to honor Thee 
and to do Thee homage, that I 



Prayers at Mass. 219 

assist in this most holy and au- 
gust sacrifice ; permit me then, 
O Lord, to unite my intention 
with that of thy minister, in of- 
fering up this precious victim ; 
and give me now the senti- 
ments I ought to have had on 
Mount Calvary, had I have been 
a witness of that bloody sacri- 
fice. 

Conftteor. 

Think now, in the bitterness of your heart, on 
all your past sins, and recall to your mind in a 
general manner, such of them as are most hum- 
bling to you ; lay your weaknesses before God ; 
beg of Him to pardon you, and assist you in all 
your necessities, through the infinite merits of 
this great sacrifice. 

T CONFESS, O my God, not 
X only in Thy presence, who 



220 Prayers at Mass. 

seest the secrets of hearts, but 
in presence of the blessed in 
Heaven, and of all the faithful 
on earth, that I have often and 
grievously offended Thee by my 
thoughts, words, actions, and 
omissions ; yes, I have sinned, 
I acknowledge it to my shame, 
and with the most bitter regret ; 
I have abused all thy gifts ; and, 
therefore, I humbly beseech 
thee, O blessed Virgin Mary, and 
all ye saints and angels to inter- 
cede for me ; vouchsafe, O Lord, 
to listen to them ; grant to the 
ardor of their prayers, what Thou 
mayest justly refuse to the cold- 
ness of mine ; and to their ser- 
vices, so pleasing in Thy sight, 



Prayers at Mass. 221 

that pardon which my offences 
can have no claim to. 

Kyrie Eleison. 

Beg of the Lord to show you mercy, and rely 
with confidence on His infinite goodness, who 
granting you such powerful means of reconcilia- | 
tion as this is, gives you at the same time, a sure 
pledge of obtaining it. 

nTHOUGH I were at every 
-JL instant of my life, to cry out, 
Lord, have mercy on me, this 
would still be unequal to the 
number and quality of my offen- 
ces ; but w T hen after long repeat- 
ing it, Thou shouldst appear to 
regard me, I would still redouble 
my importunity, and cry out, 
with a louder and more ani- 
mated voice, as the Canaan wo- 



222 Prayers at Mass. 

man and the blind man of Jeri- 
cho did: "Jesus, son of David, 
have mercy on me ! " Be not 
then tired, O Lord, of my pray- 
ers and supplications, I know 
that Thou lovest to be impor- 
tuned. If as yet Thy goodness 
hath not granted my pardon, my 
perseverance shall at length en- 
gage Thee to grant it. Have 
pity, O Creator, on the work of 
Thy hands. O Father of mer- 
cies, grant pardon to Thy chil- 
dren. 

Gloria in Excelsis. 

Conceive a great desire of promoting God's 
glory, and your neighbor's good. Rejoice with the 
angels at the share you have in the holy myster- 
ies, and form to yourself the highest idea of the 
majesty of God, and of Jesus Christ His Son. 



Prayers at Mass. 223 



Gloria in excelsis 
Deo. Et in terra pax 
homnibus bona? volun- 
tatis. Laudamus te. 
Benedicimus te. Ado- 
ramus te. Glorifica- 
mus te. Gratias agi- 
mus tibi propter mag- 
nam gloriam tuam. 
Domine Deus Rex coe- 
lestis. Deus Pater 
omnipotens. Domine 
Fili unigenite, Jesu 
Christe. Domine De- 
us, Agnus Dei, Filius 
Paths. Qui tollis pec- 
cata mundi, miserere 
nobis. Qui tollis pec- 
cata mundi, suscipe 
depricationem nos- 
tram. Qui sedes an 
dexteram Patris, mise- 
rere nobis. 



Glory be to God on 
high, peace on earth 
to men of good will. 
We praise Thee. We 
bless Thee. We adore 
Thee. We glorify 
Thee. We give Thee 
thanks for Thy great 
glory. O Lord God ! 
O heavenly king ! O 
God the Father Al- 
mighty ! O Lord Je- 
sus Christ the only be- 
gotten Son ! O Lord 
God, Lamb of God, 
Son of the Father ! O 
Thou who takest away 
the sins of the world, 
have mercy on us. O 
Thou who takest away 
the sins of the world, 
receive our prayer. O 
Thou who sittest at the 
right hand of the Fath- 
er, have mercy on us. 



224 Prayers at Mass. 

Quondam tu solus For Thou alone art 

sanctus. Tu solus holy. Thou alone art 

Dominus. Tu solus Lord. Thou alone art 

altissimus, Jesu Christe. most high. O Jesus 

Cum Sancto Spiritu Christ ; together with 

in gloria Dei Patris. the Holy Ghost in the 

Amen. glory of the Father. 

Amen. 

The Collect. 

Which prayer is so called, because in it the 
priest lays before God the necessities of all His 
people, their vows and desires, collected as it were, 
together; whence, turning to the congregation, 
he says, Oremus, or, Let us pray: inviting them in 
this manner to unite with him in the petition. 

Prayer. 




LMIGHTY and eternal 
God, we humbly beseech 



Thee to look down upon this 
congregation from Thy heavenly 
sanctuary, and graciously hear 
these prayers of Thy Church, 



Prayers at Mass. 22 5 

addressed to Thee for us all, by 
the ministry of this priest. 

Grant us, in Thy infinite mer- 
cy, pardon of our sins, health of 
mind and body, peace in our 
days, unity and increase of cath- 
olic faith, fervor of charity, sin- 
cere devotion, patience in suffer- 
ing, and everything conducive to 
Thy glory, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

The Epistle. 

Return God thanks for having called you to the 
knowledge of His law: submit to it with perfect 
docility, and beg of Him to extend our holy relig- 
ion over all the world. 

O ETERNAL God, who 
never ceasest to excite us 
to the worship and love of Thy 

15— S. Heart. 



I 226 Prayers at Mass. 

holy name, and to arm us against 
the attacks of the world, the flesh, 
and the devil ; by the public min- 
istry of Thy Church, by the doc- 
trine of Thy prophets and apos- 
tles, and by many other holy 
admonitions, grant we may faith- 
fully attend to these lessons of 
salvation, that thus our knowl- 
edge of Thy law may never 
rise in judgment against us, 
but guide us securely to 
Thee, through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

The Gospel. 

Look on the Gospel which you are now going 
to hear, as the rule of your faith and morals ; a 
rule which Christ Himself has drawn up, which 
you have solemnly promised to follow at your bap- 
tism, and by which, most certainly, you shall be 
judged. 



Prayers at Mass. 227 

IT is not Thy interpreters, O 
God, who are now to in- 
struct me ; it is Thy only Son, 
it is His word I am going to 
hear ; I most gratefully embrace 
this heavenly doctrine ; I rise up 
to declare it in the face of Heav- 
en and earth, that I will walk 
faithfully in that way which He 
hath marked out for me. He 
tells me here, " That it will avail 
a man nothing to gain the whole 
world, if he lose his own soul ; 
that the sensual, the covetous, 
the worldling, the libertine, the 
detractor, and such as are insen- 
sible to the miseries of the poor, 
shall have no share in His heav- 
enly kingdom ; and that in order 
to become a disciple of His, I 



228 Prayers at Mass. 



must take up my cross and fol- 
low Him." I receive, with all 
my heart, these sacred maxims ; 
grant me the grace to put them 
in practice ; for, to what purpose 
should I declare myself Thy dis- 
ciple, if I were not to live ac- 
cording to Thy gospel ? 

The Creed. 

Renew here your faith : all these things which 
the Church proposes to your belief, are founded 
on God's own word, revealed in the Scriptures, 
announced by the prophets, supported by mira- 
cles, confirmed by the martyrs, verified by the 
establishment of our faith, and obvious by the 
sanctity of our religion. 

Crede in unum I believe in one 

Deum, Patrem, om- God, the Father Al- 

nipotentem, factorem mighty, maker of 

cosli et terras, visibil- Heaven and earth, of 

turn omnium, et invis- all things visible and 



Prayers at Mass. 



229 



ibilium. Et in unum 
Dominum Jesum 
Christum. Filium Dei 
unigenitum. Et ex 
Patre natum, ante om- 
nia saecula. Deum de 
Deo, lumen de lumine. 
Deum verum de Deo 
vero. Genitum non 
factum, consubstan- 
titem Patri per quern 
omnia facta sunt. Qui 
propter nos homines, 
et propter nostram sa- 
lutem, descendit de 
ccelis. Et incarnatus 
est de Spiritu Sancto 
de Maria Virgine ; et 
homo factus est. Cru- 
cifixus etiam pro nobis, 
sub Pontio Pilato, pas- 
sus et sepultus est. Et 
resurrexit tertia die, se- 
cundam Scripturas. 
Et ascendit in ccelum, 
sedet ad dexteram Pa- 
tris. Et iterum ventu- 



invisible. And in one 
Lord Jesus Christ, the 
only begotten Son of 
God. And born of the 
Father before all ages, 
God of God, light of 
light, true God of true 
God. Begotten, not 
made ; consubstantial 
to the Father, by whom 
all things were made. 
Who for us men, and 
for our salvation came 
down from Heaven. 
And was incarnated by 
the Holy Ghost of the 
Virgin Mary. And 
He was made man. 
Was crucified also 
under Pontius Pilate ; 
He suffered and was 
buried. And the third 
day He rose again ac- 
cording to the Scrip- 
tures. And He as- 
cended into Heaven, 
sits at the right hand 



230 Prayers at Mass. 



rus est cum gloria ju- 
dicare vivos et mortuos, 
cujus regni non erit 
finis. Et in Spiritum 
j Sanctum Dominum, 
I et vivificantem ; qui ex 
Patre Filioque proce- 
dit. Qui cum Patre 
et Filio simul adora- 
tur et conglorificatur ; 
i qui locutus est per 
prophetas. Et unam, 
j sanctam, catholicam, 
et apostolicam eccle- 
\ siam. Confiteor unum 
j baptisma in remissio- 
nem peccatorum. Et 
expecto resurrectionem 
mortuorum, Et vitam 
venturi saeculi. Amen. 



of the Father. And 
He is to come again 
with glory, to judge 
the living and the 
dead ; of whose king- 
dom there shall be no 
end. And in the 
Holy Ghost the Lord 
and giver of life, who 
proceeds from the 
Father and the Son, 
who together with the 
Father and the Son is 
adored and glorified, 
who spoke by the 
prophets. And one 
holy, catholic, and 
apostolic Church. I 
confess one baptism 
for the remission of 
sins. And Hook for the 
resurrection of the dead. 
And the life of the 
world to come. Amen. 



The Offertory. 

Consider what an advantage it is to have, in 
this great sacrifice, wherewithal to honor God 



Prayers at Mass. 231 

perfectly, to thank Him in a manner equal to His 
gifts, to blot out entirely your past sins, and to 
obtain, both for yourself and others, all the graces 
you stand in need of. 

OHOLY Father, Almighty I 
and eternal God, how un- 
worthy soever I be to appeal in j 
Thy presence, I dare to offer 
Thee this host by the hands of 
the priest, with that intention 
which Christ my Saviour had, 
when he first instituted this sac- 
rifice, and which He has at this 
very instant, that He immolates 
Himself for us ; I offer it in ac- 
knowledgment of Thy supreme 
dominion over me and all crea- 
tures ; I offer it in expiation of 
my crimes, in thanksgiving for 
all Thy benefits ; I offer it to ob- 



232 Prayers at Mass. 

tain of Thy infinite goodness, for 
my parents, benefactors, friends, 
and enemies, all those precious 
graces which only through Him 
can be obtained, who is the Just 
by excellence, and who became 
a victim for the sins of men. 

Accept then, O Lord, this in- 
effable sacrifice, as a sweet odor, 
and permit me to unite to this 
sacred oblation the sacrifice of 
my soul and body, and whatever 
I am or have. Change me, O 
Lord, and make me a new crea- 
ture in Christ, as Thou art going 
to change this bread and wine 
by Thy power, and make them 
the Body and Blood of Thy 
Son. 



Prayers at Mass. 233 

When the Priest washes his fingers. 




WHAT cleanness and 
purity of heart ought we 



to bring with us to this great 
sacrifice ! But alas ! I am a 
poor unclean sinner. 0 wash 
me, dear Lord, from all the 
stains of sin in the Blood of the 
Lamb, that I may be worthy to 
be present at these heavenly 
mysteries. 

When the Priest says, Orate Fratres. 

RECEIVE, O Lord, from 
the hands of the priest, 
the sacrifice which is now pre- 
pared, for the praise and the 
glory of Thy name, for our ben- 
efit and that of all Thy holy 



j 234 Prayers at Mass. 

} 

Church. Graciously hear the 
prayers which she now offers to 
Thee by the mouth of her minis- 
ter, and mercifully grant us all 
the graces which Thou knowest 
to be necessary for our salva- 
tion. 

The Preface. 

Raise up your thoughts to Heaven; to the 
1 very throne of the Divinity ; and there, with most 
holy and respectful awe, pay homage to His glori- 
ous Majesty, mixing your own praises with those 
sacred hymns which the heavenly spirits are ever 
singing to Him. 

DO Thou Thyself O Lord, \ 
raise up my heart; in- 
flame it with love ; free it from 
earthly affections ; let me be all 
in Heaven, where my treasure is, 
j and on the altar where He is go- 



Prayers at Mass. 



ing to be. My life, 0 Lord, is 
a continued succession of Thy 
favors. O let my thanksgivings 
be also uninterrupted ; and since j 
Thou art going to renew the 
greatest of sacrifices, should I I 
not also break forth in the most 
lively acknowledgments ? Per- 
mit me, then, O Lord, to join my 
feeble voice with all the heaven- 
ly spirits, and to say with them, 
in transports of joy and admira- 
tion: " Holy, Holy, Holy is the 
Lord God of armies ! The 
Heavens and the earth are filled 
with His glory ! Blessed be He 
who cometh in the name of the 
Lord, eternal king and God as 
He who sends Him." 



236 Prayers at Mass. 

The Canon. 

Represent here to yourself the altar as a throne 
of mercy, upon which Christ is to sit, where you 
are entitled to present yourself, to expose to Him 
your wants, to ask for blessings, and to obtain 
them : can He who giveth us His only Son, re- 
fuse us anything ? 

O FATHER of mercy, gra- 
ciously receive by the 
hands of the priest, this most 
holy sacrifice in union with that 
which Thy beloved Son offered 
up to Thee during His whole 
life, at His last supper, and on 
the Cross. Look down on Thy 
Christ, Thy dearest and only be- 
gotten, in whom Thou art al- 
ways well pleased ; and by the in- 
finite merits of His incarnation, of 
His nativity, of His tears, labors, 
sufferings, and death, have mer- 



Prayers at Mass. 237 

cy upon me and upon all those for 
whom I ought to pray [here 
name the particular persons], my 
parents, brethren, friends, bene- 
factors, relations, and those who 
have injured me, or whom I have I 
injured. I also beseech Thee to J 
guard, prosper, and to extend the ! 
holy Catholic Church ; to pour 
down Thy blessings upon our 
chief pastor, the Pope, upon the 
bishops, and all the clergy ; en- 
lighten and guide them in the 
way of salvation. Bless and 
preserve our rulers and all our 
fellow-citizens. Look upon us 
all, I beseech Thee, with eyes of 
mercy and compassion. Bring 
us all to the perfect practice of j 
an holy and virtuous life here, 1 



238 Prayers at Mass. 

and to the possession of Thy 
eternal glory hereafter. May 
we all know Thee, may we all 
please Thee perfectly ; may we 
fear, love, and glorify Thee ; 
through the same Jesus Christ, 
: who with Thee and the Holy 
Ghost, liveth and reigneth one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

WHY have I not, O God, at 
this moment, the ardent 
sighs with which the holy patri- 
archs wished for the Messias ? 
Why have I not their faith, and all 
their love? Come, Lord Jesus! 
come, sweet Redeemer of the 
world, to accomplish a mystery, 
which is an abridgment of all 
Thy wonders ! 



Prayers at Mass. 239 

Thou art indeed the true pas- 
tor of souls, who didst lay down 
Thy life for Thy flock ! Thou 
art the Lamb of God that died 
upon the Cross to save us ! I 
prostrate myself in spirit before 
Thee and desire to praise and 
bless Thee forever. 

The Elevation. 

Behold your God, your Saviour, and your 
Judge ; remain for a while in silent astonishment 
at what passes before you ; call up all your fervor, 
and all those sentiments which fear, respect, and 
confidence can inspire. 

Prayer. 

HAIL, Victim of salvation ! 
Eternal King ! Incarnate 
Word ! Sacrificed for me and 
all mankind ! Hail precious 



240 Prayers at Mass. 

Body of the Son of God ! Hail 
sacred flesh, torn with nails, 
pierced with a lance, and bleed- I 
ing on a cross for us poor sin- 
ners ! O amazing goodness ! 
O infinite love ! O let that ten- 
der love plead now in my behalf; 
let all my iniquities be here ef- 
faced, and my name be written in 
the book of life. I believe in 
Thee ; I hope in Thee ; I love 
Thee. To Thee be honor, j 
praise, and glory from all crea- 
tures forever. 

At the Elevation of the Chalice. 

HAIL, sacred Blood! flowing 
from the wounds of Je- 
sus Christ, and washing away 



Prayers at Mass. 241 

the sins of the world ! O 
cleanse, sanctify, and preserve 
my soul, that nothing may sep- 
arate me from Thee. Behold, O 
eternal Father, Thy holy Jesus, 
and look upon the face of Thy 
Christ, in whom Thou art well 
pleased ! Hear the voice of His 
blood, that cries out to Thee, not 
for vengeance, but for pardon and 
mercy. Accept of this divine 
oblation, and through the infinite 
merits of all that Jesus endured 
on the Cross for our salvation, be 
pleased to look upon all Thy 
people with an eye of mercy. 

The rest of the Canon. 



Contemplate in the most affectionate manner, 
your Saviour here present ; reflect on the myster- 

16— S. Heart. 



j 242 Prayers at Mass. 

\ ies He here renews ; unite the sacrifice of your 
heart to that of His body ; offer Him up to God 
His Father, with the several intentions of the four 
kinds of sacrifice offered in the old law, beseech- 
ing the Father of mercy to accept the prayers 
which His dear Son addresses to Him in our be- 
half. 

IT is now, O eternal Majesty, 
that we truly and really offer 
Thee that pure, holy, and immac- 
| ulate victim, which of Thyself 
I Thou hast been pleased to grant 
us, and of which all other offer- 
ings were only the types. The 
sacrifices of Abel, of Abraham, 
and Melchisedech, were nothing 
compared to ours. This glorious 
victim, Thy dear Son Himself, 
the perfect object of Thy eternal 
love, is alone worthy of Thy al- 
tar — is an offering by so much 



Prayers at Mass. 243 

the more precious than theirs, as 
God is greater than all creatures. 

Offer up the Mass as a sacrifice of holocaust. 




SOVEREIGN Lord of all 
things, graciously accept 



my humble homage in union 
with that which Thou here re- 
ceivest from Christ, Thy beloved 
Son, in whom Thou art well 
pleased. With Him I offer Thee 
His own holy sacrifice for the 
end He proposes, while He im- 
molates Himself upon this altar. 
He only knows the boundless 
excellence of thy unspeakable 
Majesty. He alone fully com- 
prehends the entire extent of Thy 
dominion. He beholds Thee as 
Thou art, and how all creatures, 



244 Prayers at Mass. 



visible and invisible, depend on 
Thee. He clearly conceives that 
Thy right is absolute over all we 
are, all we possess, or can hope 
for in this life, and in eternity. 
It is to acknowledge this su- 
preme dominion, and to make in 
His name a public profession of 
our total dependence upon Thee, 
that He renews every day, and 
that we renew with Him, this 
most holy sacrifice. 

Offer it as a sacrifice of thanksgiving. 

VOUCHSAFE also, dearest 
Lord, to receive this pre- 
cious victim in thanksgiving for 
all Thy benefits. Thou hast 
created me to Thy own likeness, 
and without Thee I must fall 



Prayers at Mass. 245 

back into my original nothing. 
For my sake, Thy beloved Son 
gave Himself up to the cruelty 
of the Jews, and to an ignomini- 
ous death ; nor doth a moment 
of my existence pass away with- 
out new proofs of Thy bounty. 
I wish, O Lord, at the price of 
my blood, I could acknowledge 
in some degree, these numberless 
favors : but the offering I here 
make Thee, is far more accepta- 
ble ; it is Thy own Son, equal in 
all things to Thee ; the figure of 
Thy substance, the splendor of 
Thy glory. 

As a sacrifice of expiation. 

REMEMBER, O merciful 
Father, that the sacrifice we 



246 



Prayers at Mass. 



are now offering to Thee, is a rep- 
resentation of that which was of- 
fered by our Saviour on the Cross ; 
may it be now again a propitiatory 
sacrifice ; pardon us our ingrati- 
tude ; our transgressions, it is true, 
are grievous and manifold ; but 
then, O Lord, it is the blood of a 
God we offer in atonement. 



GOD, who art infinitely 



%~J bountiful, be pleased now 
to crown all Thy favors by the 
gift of a lively faith, of a firm 
hope, of an ardent charity : bless 
all my labors ; give me clearly to 
know Thy holy will, and steadily 
to execute it ; grant me to perse- 
vere in Thy grace to the end of 



As a sacrifice of impetration. 




Prayers at Mass. 247 

my life. Have mercy on the 
souls of the faithful departed, 
particularly on those whom I am 
bound to pray for. [Name them.] 
Deliver them, O Lord, from their 
sufferings, through the powerful 
merits of Thy Son, 

Pater Noster. 

Here we are with Jesus on a new Calvary ; let 
us remain at the foot of His cross, with the tender 
compassion of a Magdalene, with the ardent love 
of St. John ; or standing afar off with St. Peter, 
let us weep bitterly over our offences, and re- 
cite the Lord's prayer with the priest. 

Pater noster, qui Our Father, who 

es in coelis ; sanctifice- art in Heaven ; hal- 

tur nomen tuum. Ad- lowed be Thy name, 

veniat regnum tuum. Thy kingdom come. 

Fiat voluntas tua sicut Thy will be done on 

in coelo et in terra, earth as it is in Heav- 

Panem nostrum quoti- en. Give us this day 



248 Prayers at Mass. 

dianum da nobis ho- our daily bread. And 

die. Et dimitte nobis forgive us- our trespass- 

debita nostra, sicut et es, as we forgive them 

nos dimittimus debito- that trespass against us. 

ribus nostris. Et ne And lead us not into 

nos inducas in tentatio- temptation ; but de- 

nem. R* Sed libera nos liver us from evil, 

a malo. P. Amen. Amen. 

DELIVER us, we beseech 
Thee, O Lord, from all 
evils past, present, and to come. 
And by the intercession of the 
blessed and ever Virgin Mary, 
Mother of God, and of the holy 
apostles Peter, and Paul, and An- 
drew, and all the saints ; merci- 
fully grant peace in our days, 
that through the assistance of 
Thy mercy, we may be always 
free from sin, and secure from all 
disturbance, through the same 



Prayers at Mass. 



249 



Jesus Christ our Lord, who with 
Thee liveth and reigneth in the 
unity of the Holy Ghost, world 
without end. Amen. 



God so glorious in Heaven, so powerful on earth, 
so dreadful in hell ; is here only a lamb full of 
sweetness and bounty; he comes here to take 
away the sins of the world, and thy sins in partic- 
ular : what a motive of confidence ! What a sub- 
ject of consolation ! 



for my sake, have mercy 
on me ! O adorable Victim of 
salvation, look down on me, and 
save me ! Divine mediator, ob- 
tain pardon of Thy Father for 
me a sinner, and mercifully grant 
me the sweets of Thy peace. 
Amen. 



Agnus Dei. 




LAMB of God, sacrificed 



2 5o Prayers at Mass. 

Communion. 

To communicate spiritually, renew, by an act of 
faith, your firm belief in Christ's real presence ; 
make an act of contrition ; desire most earnestly 
to receive Him with the priest ; beg of Him to ac- 
cept these desires, and to unite Himself to you 
in the effusion of His graces. 

WHAT a comfort to me, O 
God, were I in the num- 
ber of those whose sanctity al- 
lows them to receive Thee daily ! 
What an advantage, could I at 
this instant possess Thee in my 
heart, pay Thee there my hom- 
age, lay open to Thee my wants, 
and share in the favors which 
Thou grantest to those who re- 
ceive Thee really ! But since I 
am unworthy, do Thou, O Lord, 
supply my want of disposition ; 



Prayers at Mass. 25 1 

pardon me my sins ; I detest 
them from my heart, because 
they are displeasing to Thee. 
Accept my ardent wish to be 
united to Thee ; cast Thine eye 
upon me, and purify my soul, 
that I may soon be fit to receive 
Thee worthily ; but until the ar- 
rival of this happy day, I earn- 
estly entreat Thee, O dearest 
Lord, that Thou wouldst make 
me a sharer in all the advantages 
which the communion of the 
priest shall produce in these Thy 
people. Increase my faith by 
the virtue of this sacrament, 
strengthen my hope, refine in my 
soul Thy divine charity ; fill my 
heart with love, that it beat but 



2 52 Prayers at Mass. 

for Thee, and live for Thee alone. 
Amen. 

The Last Prayer. 

Strive earnestly to offer your Lord sacrifice for 
sacrifice, becoming the victim of His love ; im- 
molating freely to Him all sinful inclinations, and 
whatever is contrary to His holy will. 

THOU hast offered Thyself; j 
O Lord, for my salvation ; j 
I desire to be sacrificed for Thy 
glory ; I am Thy victim, do with 
me as Thou wiliest ; whatever I 
have, I consecrate entirely to 
Thee ; those crosses, which Thou 
shalt please to send me, I most 
freely accept ; I bless them ; I 
receive them from Thy hand, and 
unite them with those Thou hast 
endured for my sake. I am now j 



Prayers at Mass. 253 

leaving Thy temple, resolved, 
with Thy help, to serve Thee 
faithfully ; I will struggle against 
my failings, but chiefly against 
that which I am most inclined to; 
Thy law shall henceforth direct 
me, and I shall forfeit all, and 
suffer every thing, rather than 
mortally transgress it. 

At the Benediction. 

Receive this blessing from the Priest, as being 
given thee in the name of the Lord ; thank Him 
sincerely for the favors here granted you ; lay up 
with care the fruits of this sacrifice, and let your 
conduct be such, as that all who see you, may 
clearly perceive how much you have profited by 
so holy an action. 




OST holy and adorable 
Trinity, by Thee we 



have begun this sacrifice, by 



254 Prayers at Mass. 

Thee we desire to conclude it ; 
we therefore shall not leave Thee 
until Thou bless us. Give us, O 
Lord, Thy blessing by the hands 
of this priest ; may it ever re- 
main with us ; may it influence 
our actions, and be the sure 
pledge of that last benediction 
which Thy elect shall receive, 
when called by Thee into eternal 
glory. 

The Last Gospel. 

DIVINE word! only Son of 
the Father ! Light of the 
world ! who earnest from Heav- 
en to show us the way to it, I 
adore Thy Majesty with most 
profound respect; I place my 



Prayers at Mass. 255 



whole confidence in Thee ; I 
hope most firmly, that as Thou 
art my God, a God made man 
to save mankind, that Thou wilt 
grant me those graces my sancti- 
fication requires, and also the en- 
joyment of Thee in Thy glory. 

A Prayer after Mass. 

T RETURN Thee thanks, O 
JL God, for permitting me to 
assist at this holy sacrifice, rather 
than so many others, who have 
not been favored in the same 
manner ; and I hope that through 
Thy great mercy, Thou wilt 
pardon me the faults which I 
have here committed either by 
inattention or languor. I shall 
return hence to my employments, 



2 56 Prayers at Mass. 

but shall remember through the 
course of the day, what Thou 
hast here done for me ; and shall 
endeavor that no thought, word, 
or action of mine, deprive me of 
the advantages of which I have 
now been partaker. 





DEVOTIONS FOR MASS 

IN UNION "WITH 

THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. 

IN the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, 
Jesus Christ offers himself to the 
divine justice, out of love to us ; by 
offering this divine sacrifice we too 
are to honor His Sacred Heart. Let 
us meditate on His mercies for all the 

17— & Heart. 



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children of Adam. Let us show as 
much sorrow for our sins as if we had 
ourselves crucified Him. 

Offering of the Sacrifice. 

OMY God, I offer Thee this au- 
gust sacrifice, to honor thy un- 
speakable perfections, to thank Thee 
for all the graces Thou hast so often 
bestowed so abundantly upon me, to 
beg Thy pardon for my numberless in- 
fidelities and to obtain new favors 
from Thee. 

O Jesus ! I implore of Thee during 
this divine sacrifice unvarying atten- 
tion, profound respect, a lively faith, 
and a tender devotion. Inflame me 
with love for Thee, that I may share 
in the merits which Thou hast pur- 
chased for me at the price of thy 
Precious Blood. 



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The Priest at the foot of the Altar. 

DIVINE Jesus ! Thou art the vic- 
tim loaded with all the iniquities 
of the world ; Thou hast bitterly be- 
wailed them, Thou hast expiated them 
by the most horrible torments and by 
a most cruel death. I come to mingle 
my tears with Thine. I confess before 
Thee, in the presence of Mary, purest 
of Virgins, and of all the Saints, that I 
have sinned grievously, that it was 
my ingratitude that pierced Thy 
Heart and put Thee to death. O Sa- 
viour God ! by Thy tears, by Thy agony 
in the Garden of Olives, by Thy 
Precious Blood, and by the wound of 
Thy adorable Heart, pardon me and 
grant me remission of all my faults. 



which has so loved us, let us 



At the Introit. 




Heart of Jesus, 



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prostrate ourselves before Him, let us 
bewail the sins which we have com- 
mitted. Grant us, O Lord, a contrite 
and humble heart ; may the homage 
of our adoration be as pleasing to 
Thee, as though we had offered Thee 
thousands of victims. 

At the Kyrie. 

O INFINITELY merciful Father, 
have mercy on Thy children, 
Jesus, immolated for us, apply to our 
souls the merits of Thy precious Blood. 
\ O Holy Ghost, God the sanctifier, 
| come down into our hearts and inflame 
them with Thy love. 

At the Gloria in Excelsis. 

WHAT happiness for us, O Jesus ! 
Thou hast chosen to dwell in 
our midst ; Thou hast vouchsafed to 
offer us an abode in Thy divine heart! x - 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 261 

Suffer us, O Lord, to mingle our 
voices with those of the angels, to 
avow so great a favor ; and let us say 
with them : Glory be to God on high ! 
Almighty Father, we praise Thee, we 
bless Thee, we adore Thee, we render 
Thee thousands of thanksgivings for 
the favors which Thou incessantly 
doth shower upon us. O Lamb with- 
out spot, who takest away the sins of 
the world, show mercy to us. Thou 
alone art holy, Thou alone art Lord, 
who reignest with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost in glory, and who merit 
all our homage on earth. 

At the Collects. 

O DIVINE Jesus, inexhaustible 
fountain of all good, open to 
us, we beseech Thee, the interior of 
Thy Sacred Heart, that entering by 
pious meditation, into that august 



262 Devotions for Mass in 

sanctuary of divine love, we may 
rivet our hearts for ever here, as the 
place where they find the rest and 
happiness of holy souls. Thou who 
livest and reignest, God for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

At the Epistle. Isaias liii., 2-8. 

HE shall grow up as a tender 
plant before Him, and as a 
root out of a thirsty ground : there is 
no beauty in Him, nor comeliness : 
and we have seen Him, and there was 
no sightliness, that we should be de- 
sirous of Him : despised, and the most 
abject of men, a man of sorrows, and 
acquainted with infirmity : and His 
look was as it were hidden and de- 
spised, whereupon we esteemed Him 
not. Surely He hath borne our infir- 
mities, and carried our sorrows : and 
we have thought Him as it were a 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 263 

leper, and as one struck by God and 
afflicted. But He was wounded for 
our iniquities, He was bruised for our 
sins : the chastisement of our peace 
was upon Him, and by His bruises we 
are healed. All we like sheep have 
gone astray, every one hath turned 
aside into his own way : and the Lord 
hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all. 
He was offered because it was His own 
will, and He opened not His mouth : 
He shall be led as a sheep to the 
slaughter, and shall be dumb as a 
lamb before His shearer, and He 
shall not open His mouth. He was 
taken away from distress, and from 
judgment : who shall declare his 
generation? because He is cut off 
out of the land of the living : for the 
wickedness of My people have I 
struck Him. 



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At the Gradual. 

LET our hearts expand in presence 
of the Lord ; let tears stream 
from our eyes day and night ; let us 
raise our hands to Heaven. 

O Heart of Jesus, pardon Thy chil- 
dren ; do not let Thy heritage fall 
into opprobrium ; save us, and we 
shall never cease chanting Thy mer- 
cies. 

At the Gospel. St. John xiv.-xv. 

TEACH us, O Lord Jesus, what 
we must do to have life ever- 
lasting*. 

o 

A new commandment I give unto 
you : That you love one another, as I 
have loved you, that you also love 
one another. By this shall all men 
j know that you are My disciples, if 
you have love one for another. If 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 2 65 

you love Me keep My commandments. 
And I will ask the Father, and 
He shall give you another Paraclete, 
that He may abide with you for ever. 
The Spirit of Truth, whom the world 
cannot receive, because it seeth Him 
not, nor knoweth Him : but you shall 
know Him, because He shall abide 
with you, and shall be in you. I j 
will not leave you orphans, I will j 
come to you. Yet a little while : 
and the world seeth Me no more. 
But you see Me, because I live, and \ 
you shall live. In that day you shall 
know that I am in My Father, and 
you in Me, and I in you. He that 
hath My commandments, and keepeth 
them : he it is that loveth Me. And 
he that loveth Me, shall be loved by 
My Father : and I will love him, and 
will manifest Myself to him. Abide 
in Me. If any one abide not in Me, 



266 Devotions for Mass in 

he shall be cast forth as a branch 

I and shall wither, and they shall 
gather him up and cast him into the 
fire, and he burneth. If you abide 
in Me, and My words abide in you, 
you shall ask whatever you will, and 
it shall be done unto you. In this 
is my Father glorified that you bring j 

! forth very much fruit, and become 
My disciples. A little while, and | 
now you shall not see Me. You 
shall lament and weep, but the world 
shall rejoice. But I will see you again, 
and your heart shall rejoice : and , 

j your joy no man shall take from you. 
In the world you shall have distress : 
but have confidence. I have over- 
come the world. Holy Father, keep 
them in My name whom Thou hast 
given Me : that they may be one, as 
We also are. I pray not that Thou 

! shouldst take them out of the j 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 267 

world, but that Thou shouldst keep 
them from evil. Father, I will that 
where I am, they also whom Thou 
hast given Me may be with Me, that 
they may see My glory. 

During the Creed, say : 

I BELIEVE, O my God, the truths 
which Thou hast revealed to Thy 
Church. I wish to live and die in the 
profession of this faith. Grant, O 
Lord, that my life may conform to my 
belief, that I may never blush to show 
that I am a Catholic, and that I may 
constantly defend the interests of Thy 
holy religion. 

O Church of Rome ! the persecutions 
that thou hast undergone, far from 
weakening my faith, only serve to 
strengthen it, because thy Divine 
Spouse foretold them. Oh, how they 
are to be pitied who depart from thee. 



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I promise thee an inviolable attach- 
ment. O Lord, tighten the bonds 
which unite me to Thy Holy Church ; 
implant in my heart a perfect docility 
for her lawful pastors. In her bosom 
I became Thy child ; in her bosom I 
wish to live and die. Amen. 



JESUS ! we approach Thy 



Sacred Heart with confidence ; 
cast on us, we beseech Thee, a look of 
mercy, and accept the offering we 
make Thee of our minds and hearts. 

From the Offertory to the Preface. 

SIN had rendered us enemies to 
our God ; but Jesus Christ, by 
His death, has reconciled us to His 
Divine Father. In the Sacred Heart 
was this reconciliation effected. O, my 
soul ! how must Jesus then have 



At the Offertory. 




Union with the Sacred Heart. 269 

loved us ! At what a price He has 
ransomed us ! Not by gold nor by ; 
riches, but by the voluntary shedding 
of His blood J He sacrificed Himself 
for us ; let us live then only for Him ; 
let us sacrifice ourselves with Him. 

Thou wishest me, O Jesus to be a 
victim of love consecrated to Thy 
Divine Heart. It is, too, my most 
ardent desire. Thy benefits are num- 
berless ; Thou hast broken the bonds 
of my slavery ; Thou hast adopted 
N me as Thy child ; Thou hast admitted 
me to Thy table ; thou hast given me 
a place in Thy Divine Heart ; and 
now, again, in spite of my continual 
prevarications, Thou preparest for me 1 
an eternal happiness ; how can I for- 
get all these benefits ? No ! I wish 
to proclaim Thy mercies, and never 
cease to love Thee with all the ardor 
of my heart. But, O my God, my 



270 Devotions for Mass in 

heart has neither love nor fervor 
enough to make it an offering worthy 
of Thee. What, then, shall I offer 
Thee ? Thy Son. This beloved Son, 
the most worthy object of Thy good 
pleasure, will supply my impotence. 
Cast Thy eyes on this divine offering. 

At the Preface. 

OLORD, do Thou Thyself 
raise up my heart to Thee. 
Away with all profane thoughts, all 
earthly affections. Let me be all en- 
tire in Heaven, where Thy heart re- 
ceives worthy adoration, and on the 
altar where it is soon to show itself to 
me. My life is but one continued 
series of Thy benefits, let it be a con- 
tinuous thanksgiving ; and since Thou 
art about to renew the greatest of 
sacrifices, should I not burst forth into 
expressions of the liveliest gratitude ? 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 271 

Permit me to blend my feeble voice 
with that of the heavenly intelligences, 
and in concert with them say in a 
transport of joy and admiration : Holy, 
Holy, Holy is the Heart of Jesus, the 
worthy object of the Divine compla- 
cency, and of all heavenly and earthly 
homage. The universe is full of His 
glory and mercy ; let my heart over- 
flow with His love. 

At th£ Canon. 

O INFINITELY holy God, if 
my sins incense Thee against 
me, and render me an object of horror 
in Thy eyes, behold the spotless Lamb 
who is about to offer himself to blot 
out the sins of the world, and in view 
of His merits forget my ingratitude. 
Remember only that I have had the 
happiness to be introduced into the 
Heart of Thy divine Son, and that I 



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am closely united to Him, This in- 
finitely merciful Heart prayed for me 
on Calvary ; He is again about to offer 
Himself a sacrifice for me. 

Why have I not, 0 my God, all the 
contrition felt by Jesus, the Man of 
Sorrows, when crushed beneath the 
enormous weight of my sins, and all 
but expiring in cruel agony He burst 
into tears in the Garden of Olives, 
and bathed in a bloody sweat, made 
reparation to Thy insulted Majesty 
in my behalf, imploring Thy mercy 
with deep sighs and tender moans. 
I earnestly desire this perfect contri- 
tion, I implore it of Thee with all my 
heart. I confess that I have done in- 
finitely wrong in offending Thee and 
repaying Thy benefits only by insults. 
There is nothing that I would not 
gladly do to expiate so many sins, and 
I should deem it my happiness to 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 273 

shed my blood to satisfy Thy jus- 
tice. 

But what do I behold on the 
altar ? Is it not this holy Victim 
who is to reconcile me with my God ? 
to blot out my sins and open Heav- 
en to me ? O my soul ! this bread is 
about to become the Body of the Son 
of God, and this wine His Blood. 
This wonderful change will be wrought 
by the effect of a single word. It 
needed but one word to create this 
vast universe ; to-day, a single word 
will work the greatest prodigy, and 
will renew it to the end of the world. 
Mary, Mother of God! O all ye 
blessed Spirits who surround the 
throne of the Most High, ye Saints of 
Heaven, come and witness the prod- 
igy, which is to assure my happiness. 

Pause, my soul ; believe that Jesus 
Christ is really present in the Holy 

13— S. Heart. J 



274 Devotions for Mass in 

Eucharist. Yes, my God, This is 
Thy Body — This is Thy Blood. 
Thou say est it, I am silent, I believe, I 
adore. 

From the Consecration to the Our Father. 

O JESUS, victim of Thy love 
for me, impart to me at this 
moment the ardor of the Saints who 
have most ardently loved Thee, and 
the flames of the seraphim who en- 
joy the happiness of contemplating 
Thee. Let the devouring fire which 
consumed Thy Heart reach even unto 
mine, that, animated by Thy senti- 
ments, I may live an entirely new life. 
O my Saviour, Thou art ever before 
Thy Father, Thou showest Him the 
marks of Thy wounds, the opening of 
Thv Heart, Thou art ever living to 
intercede for us. Dost Thou not ful- 
fil the same ministry on this alrar ? 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 2jS 

Entirely absorbed with my wants, 
You presentest them to Thy Father, 
Thou offerest to Him Thy Heart to ap- 
pease His wrath and obtain my pardon. 
O divine Intercessor ! I lay all my peti- 
tions at Thy feet ; deign to offer them to 
Thy Father. I beg of Thee the conver- 
sion of sinners, the perseverance of the 
just, and the triumph of our holy re- 
ligion. O Jesus, who didst die for all 
men, bring back to the bosom of the 
Church all who are separated from it. 
Enlighten all in unbelief and heresy, 
bless the efforts of those who labor for 
their conversion. Be moved in favor 
of the faithful departed, discharge 
their debts and give them a place of re- 
freshment, light, and peace. Especial- 
ly have compassion on the souls of N. 

At the Our Father. 

FATHER ! if an erring child dare 
call by that loving name an in- 



276 Devotions for Mass in 

suited God, grant that I may labor for 
the glory of Thy holy name, that I 
may act in all things according to Thy 
holy will, that I may sigh unceasingly 
for Heaven. Feed me with the heav- 
enly bread with which Thou dost nour- 
ish the beloved children of Thy Heart. 
Let the pardon Thou didst bestow on 
Thy executioners be the model of the 
pardon I grant all who have grieved 
me ; give me spiritual and temporal 
superiors who love Thee, companions 
who serve Thee faithfully, and if I ever 
expose myself to sin, deliver me from 
danger that I may never insult Thy 
divine Heart. 

At the Agnus Dei. 

LAMB of God, who takest away 
the sins of the world, have 
mercy on me. Give me the peace 
which the world cannot give ; peace 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 277 

with Thee by a true reconciliation, 
and perfect submission to Thy will ; 
peace with myself by stilling my pas- 
sions ; peace with my neighbor, by 
the union of a sincere charity with all 
the children of Adam. Give peace 
to the world by extinguishing the di- 
visions and wars that disturb it. 

If you have the happiness of receiving, say : 

IS there a love to be compared to 
Thine, my Saviour ? Thou didst 
offer Thy sacrifice on the Cross, and 
wilt consummate it in my heart. O 
my God, canst Thou possibly select 
for Thy tomb so wretched a heart ? 
Alas ! I am only a wretched sinner. 
But, Lord, notwithstanding my un- 
worthiness Thou wishest me to sit 
down at Thy table. Since it is so, 
command and my soul shall be puri- 
fied. Say to me as Thou didst say to 



278 Devotions for Mass in 

the sinful woman : Thy sins are for- 
given thee. Let me hear the words 
Thou didst address to Zaccheus : This 
day I must abide in Thy house. 

If you have not the happiness of receiving, make 
an Act of Contrition and say : 

OMY amiable Saviour, since I 
cannot have this day the hap- 
piness of receiving Thee, suffer me at 
least to gather the precious crumbs 
that fall from Thy table, and unite 
myself to Thy Divine Heart by faith, 
hope, and charity. I acknowledge 
that I do not deserve the bread of 
children, but I venture to protest to 
Thee, that when separated from Thee 
my soul is overwhelmed with dryness 
and my heart with discouragement. 
Come then to me, O my divine Jesus, 
come into my mind to enlighten it 
with Thy grace ; come into my heart 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 279 

to inflame it with the fire of Thy holy 
love, and to unite it so closely to 
Thine, that I may no longer live, but 
that Thou mayest live and reign in me 
forever. 

At the Communion. 

LEARN of me that I am meek 
and humble of heart, and you 
shall find rest for your souls. My 
yoke is sweet and my burthen 
light. 

At the Last Communion. 

LORD, we have had the happiness 
of penetrating into the sanctu- 
ary of Thy divine Heart, grant us the 
grace to make our abode ever there, 
that we may obtain the happiness 
Thou bestowest on Thy elect. Amen. 



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At the Priest's Blessing. 

O HEART of Jesus, I shall not 
depart from Thee until Thou 
bless me. Bless me in the name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of 
the Holy Ghost. Pour forth Thy 
blessing on all for whom I should offer 
my prayers. 

' ' V., . x "*i ■■>' ■ \ 2\ 'fi'l i^^fe) TJT 
At the last Gospel. 

O ETERNAL Word, who didst 
become man in order to ren- 
der men children of God, I thank 
Thee for this unspeakable favor. 
What a happiness for me to bear the 
name of Child of God and to be so 
really. Grant, O my Jesus, that I 
may preserve this glorious title by 
faithfully imitating Thy Sacred Heart, 
and by ever showing myself full of 
love for Thy holy law. If I remain 



Union with the Sacred Heart. 281 

faithful Thou assurest me that I shall 
be co-heir with Thee, and enjoy the 
happiness Thou hast purchased for 
me at the price of Thy Precious 
Blood. This I hope from Thy in- 
finite mercy. 

After the Mass. 

HOW happy should I be, O 
Lord, if while attending this 
divine sacrifice, I had gathered all the 
graces Thou grantest to those who 
offer it with a lively faith and a pure 
heart ! Accept the reparation I make 
Thee for all the faults I have com- 
mitted at the foot of Thy altars. I 
go hence to the duties Thy Providence 
imposes upon me. Let me have ever 
before my mind Thy patience in ad- 
versity, Thy obedience to Joseph and 
Mary, and Thy tender charity in sup- 
porting Thy neighbor. Strengthen 



282 Devotions for Mass. 

me against temptations ; preserve me 
from all sin ; make me firm and im- 
movable in my faith ; in a word, trans- 
form me into Thyself, O Jesus. Let 
Thy heart and mine be one for time 
and eternity. 




DEVOTIONS 

BEFORE AND AFTER 



CONFESSION. 



F all the means prepared in His mercy by 



V-/ the Divine Saviour of the world to recall 
sinners, sustain the just, and lead them to 
perfection, the most efficacious and indispen- 
sable is Confession. By it man learns to 
know and humble himself, to probe the 
wounds of his soul and cure them. There 
he finds light, counsel, and strength to com- 
bat the perverse maxims of the world, and 




284 Devotions before Confession. 

the inordinate inclinations of the heart, to dis- 
cover the snares of the enemy of salvation and 
avoid them, to rise after his falls, and even to 
profit by his losses. It is in this sacred laver 
where he mingles his tears of repentance with 
the Blood of his Redeemer, that he is purified, 
sanctified, and restored to the most precious of 
all blessings, peace with God and with his own 
conscience. 

DEVOTIONS BEFORE CONFESSION. 

LEARN early to serve God, and to be faith- 
ful to Him ; His arms are open to 
receive you ; He is your father, but dread to 
abuse His gifts. If you have preserved grace, 
thank Him fervently : if evil counsels, bad ex- 
ample, or corrupt inclinations have led you to 
sin, return to Him. Confess your offenses to 
Him ; and by your sorrow and your prayers, 
merit His pardon and a seat at His holy table. 

If many derive little benefit from Confession, 
it is because they approach this sacrament with- 
out the necessary dispositions ; some do not 
examine their conscience, others have no real 
contrition for the past, nor firm purpose for the 
future. Some even have the hardihood to con- 



Devotions before Confession. 285 



ceal sins in confession. Wretched beings, they 
find death where they hope to find life ! To 
avoid this misfortune, observe carefully what is 
prescribed as to the Examination, Contrition, 
Accusation of Sins, etc. 

Examination of Cosncience. 
r T^O examine your conscience well, retire 



X apart, place yourself in the presence of 
God ; adore Him ; represent to yourself that 
the confession that you are about to make, is, 
as it may really prove to be, the last you will 
ever have life to make ; ask the Holy Ghost for 
light to see your sins, beg Him to let you dis- 
cover all their malice and say : 

Prayer before Examination. 

SPIRIT of Light and Truth, who 
searchest the conscience, and pene- 
tratest to the bottom of the heart, en- 
lighten me with Thy divine rays that I 
may see the number and hideousness of 
my sins ; show me the evil that I have 
done, and the good that I have neglected 
to do ; show it to me as clearly as I shall 




286 Devotions before Confession. 



behold it, when I shall appear before the 
tribunal of the Sovereign Judge. 

O Jesus ! who didst experience such a 
keen sorrow for all my ingratitude, and 
who didst implore pardon for me with 
tears and groans, permit me to accom- 
pany Thee in spirit to the garden of 
Olives ; fill my heart with the sentiments 
which made Thy divine Heart sorrowful 
even unto death. 

Blessed Virgin, sure refuge of sinners ; 
my guardian Angel, my patron Saint, in- 
tercede for me with the Holy Ghost, that 
I may know whatever in me saddens the 
Heart of my God. 

I AMINE your conscience according to 



1 \ the light which God gives you ; if after 
your examination, you have reasonable grounds 
to fear that you have not recollected your faults, 
make use of the following table. Avoid two 
opposite and almost equally dangerous excesses. 
Firstly. Relying so much on the questions the 
priest may address you as to examine only 
superficially. Secondly. Thinking that you have 
never examined enough, going over and over 




Devotions before Confession. 287 



your examination, and giving at most slight at- 
tention to what is really the most essential part 
of the Sacrament, contrition. Banish this fear. 
It wrongs God to act so towards Him ; He 
loves a filial confidence in His children : His 
spirit is a spirit of love, and not a spirit of fear 
and servitude. 



EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE UPON THE 
TEN COMMANDMENTS. 



The First Commandment. 
"I am the Lord thy God," etc. — Exodus xx. 



AVE you been guilty of heresy or dis- 



JL JL belief, or wilful doubting of any article 
of faith ? How often ? and for how long a 
time? Or have you rashly exposed yourself to 
the danger of infidelity, by reading bad books, 
or keeping wicked company ? How often? 

Have you, by word or deed, denied your re- 
ligion, or gone to places of false worship, so as 
to join in any way in the worship, or to give 
scandal ? How often ? 

Have you been ignorant of the articles of 
your creed, of the commandments, or of any of 




"288 Devotions before Confession. 

those things which Christians in your station are 
bound to know ? For how long a time ? 

Have you despaired of salvation, or of the 
forgiveness of your sins ? Or have you rashly 
presumed upon finding mercy ; going on in 
! your sins, without any thoughts of amendment : 
or depending upon a death-bed repentance ? 
How Ions: have vou been in this way ? 

Have you, after falling into mortal sin, neg- 
lected for a long time to turn to God by repent- 
ance ? and for how long a time ? 

Have you committed any thing that you 
judged or doubted to be a mortal sin, though 
| perhaps it was not so ? How often ? Or have 
| you exposed yourself to the evident danger of 
j mortal sin ? How often ? and of what sin ? 

Have you been negligent in the worship of 
God? seldom or never adoring and praising 
Him, or giving Him thanks ; praying but little, 
or with little attention ; and neglecting to make 
acts of faith, hope, or love of God ? How long 
has this negligence continued? 

Have you made a sacrilegious confession or 
communion, by concealing some mortal sin in 
confession, or what you doubted might be mor- 
tal ; or for want ot a hearty sorrow for your 
sins, and a firm purpose of amendment ; or by 



Devotions before Confession. 289 

being grossly negligent in the examination of 
your conscience? How often ? 

Have you received any other sacrament, for ex- 
ample, confirmation or matrimony, in mortal sin ? 

Have you neglected to perform the penance 
enjoined in confession? or said it with wilful 
distractions ? How often ? 

Have you presumed to receive the blessed 
sacrament after having broken your fast ? 

Have you been guilty of idolatry, or of giving 
divine honors to any thing created, or used any 
witchcraft, or charms, or spells, or such like 
other diabolical inventions ? How often ? and j 
with what scandal or ill example to others ? 

Have you employed prayers or sacred names 
to superstitious uses ? How often ? 

Have you consulted fortune-tellers, or made 
use of any superstitious practices, to find out 
things to come, recover things lost, etc. ? How 
often ? 

Have you given credit to dreams, taken notice 
of omens, or made any other superstitious ob- 
servations? How often ? 

Have you blasphemed God or His saints ? 
How often ? 

Have you abused the holy Scriptures, or 
scoffed at holy things ? How often ? 

19— S. Heart. 







290 Devotions before Confession. 
The Second Commandment. 

"Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy 
God in vain." 

T T AVE you taken God's name in vain, or 
il used it without respect in common dis- 
course ? Have you taken a false oath, or sworn 
to what you did not certainly know whether it 
was true or false ? Have you taken a rash oath, 
or without a sufficient reason ? Have you taken 
an oath to do any thing that was wicked or un- 
lawful ? or broken your lawful oaths ? How 
often ? 

Have you had a custom of swearing rashly 
and inconsiderately by the name of God, by 
your soul, or by the way of imprecation upon 
yourself? How long have you had this custom ? 
How many times a day have you sworn in this 
manner ? Have you used any other blasphem- 
ous oath ? How often ? 

Have you cursed yourself or others, or any 
thing else ? and if so, was it from your heart ? 
How often ? 

Have you been accessory to others swearing, 
cursing, or blaspheming ? How often ? 



Devotions before Confession. 291 

Have you made a rash vow, without sufficient 
knowledge or deliberation ? 

Have you broken any vow or solemn promise 
made to God ? How often ? 

The Third Commandment. 

u Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath 
day." 

HAVE you neglected to keep holy the 
Sunday ? 

Have you, when prevented from hearing mass 
on Sundays and holidays, supplied the omission 
by prayers at home, and taken care that those 
uader your charge did the same ? 

Have you done any servile work without 
necessity upon those days ? or been accessor}' to 
others so doing ? How often ? 

Have you spent those days in idleness or in 
sin ? or been accessory to others spending them 
so ? How often ? 

The Fourth Commandment. 
" Honor thy Father and thy Mother." 

If a Child. — Have you been wanting in 
your duty to your parents, by not loving them, 



292 Devotions before Confession. 

or not showing them due respect ; or by dis- 
obeying them? and was it in any matter of 
moment ? Or have you been disobedient or 
disrespectful to any other lawful superior ? 
How often ? 

Haye you desired your parents' death, or 
cursed them ? Or given them injurious lan- 
guage ? Or lifted up your hand against them ? 
Or threatened them? Or provoked them to 
swear, or otherwise to offend God ? Or caused 
them any considerable trouble or uneasiness ? 
How often ? 

Have you stolen from your parents, or other- 
wise wronged them ? Or squandered away their 
substance ? How much, and how often ? 

Have you neglected to succor your parents 
in their necessities,- either corporal or spiritual ? 

If a Parent. — Have you been negligent in 
procuring that your children should be speedily 
baptized ? Or that they should be timely in- 
structed in their prayers and the Christian doc- 
trine ? Or have you been wanting in giving 
them early impressions of the fear and love of 
God? Or in taking care of their discharging 
their duty with regard to the sacraments ? 

Have you neglected to correct them ; or been 
excessive in your correction ? 



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Have you neglected to remove from them the 
occasions of sin, such as wicked companions, 
bad books, romances, etc. ; or suffered them to 
lie in the same bed with one another, with dan- 
ger to their chastity ? 

Have you flattered them in their passions, or 
indulged them in their evil inclinations ? 

Have you given them bad example ? How 
often, and in what kind ? 

If a Servant. — Have you disobeyed your 
master or mistress ? Have you been wanting in 
diligence or industry? Have you injured or 
destroyed their property through carelessness or 
neglect ? or suffered others to injure them ? 

Have you stolen from them, or given any 
thing away without their knowledge ? 

Have you betrayed their confidence by reveal- 
ing their secrets, by tale-bearing, by lies, 
etc. ? 

Have you obeyed or flattered them in any 
thing sinful ? 

If a Master or Mistress. — Have you neg- 
lected to watch over the conduct of your 
servants ? 

Have you refused, without necessity, to allow 
them time to hear mass on Sundays and holy- 
days, or to frequent the sacraments ? 





294 Devotions before Confession. 

Have you overburdened them with work, or 
treated them injuriously ? 

The Fifth Commandment. 

" Thau shalt not kill." 

TTAVE you been guilty of anger or violent 
JTx passion ? And if so, w r hat scandal was 
given ? 

Have you desired any one's death, through 
hatred or malice ? or for your temporal interest ? 
How often ? 

Have you revenged yourself of any one by 
w r ord or action, or desired revenge, or taken 
pleasure in the thoughts of it ? How often ? 

Have you provoked, challenged, or struck 
others, or been guilty of quarrelling or fighting 
with them ? How often ? And what mischief 
have you done them ? 

Have you borne malice to others, or refused 
to be reconciled to them? For how long a 
time ? And what sort of evil had you in your 
heart against them ? 

Have you procured, or thought to procure, a 
mis-carriage? or given any counsel, aid, or as- 

oloLctilL-C liiCiCu.lllU i J.J.UW (JllCil ; 

Have you done any thing to shorten your 







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own or any other s life, or to hasten death ? or 
rashly exposed yourself or others to danger? 
How often? 

Have you desired your own death, through 
passion or impatience? or entertained any 
thoughts of making away with yourself? or at- 
tempted or designed any such thing? How 
often ? 

Have you neglected to give alms according 
to your condition and ability ? Or to reclaim 
sinners when it lay in your power ? How 
often ? 

Have you been guilty of any spiritual mur- 
der, by drawing others into mortal sin ? Or 
have you been accessory to the sins of others, 
by counsel, or command, or provocation, or 
any other way ? How often ? And what 
sins ? 

Have you given scandal or occasion of sin to 
others, by lewd or irreligious discourse ; by 
drunkenness or swearing ; by immodesty of 
dress or behaviour, etc. ? 

N. B. — The circumstance of scandal is gener- 
ally found in all sins that are known to others, by 
reason of the force of ill-example, which encour- 
ages others to sin. 



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The Sixth Commandment. 
"Thou shalt not commit adultery." 

HAVE you been guilty of any acts of im- 
purity? (Under this head, all sins 
I against purity must be carefully examined ; as 
I well as whatsoever leads to their indulgence or 
commission. ) Have you been guilty of filthy 
talking? of reading immodest books? of in- 
1 decency of dress? of looking at unchaste ob- 
jects? of taking any dangerous or improper 
liberties ? 

N. B. — As the sins against this and the Ninth 
Commandment are most grievous, and, at the 
same time, most various, the prudent counsel of 
your director will assist you, if necessary, in a 
more particular examination. 

The Seventh Commandment. 
"Thou shalt not steal." 

HAVE you been guilty of stealing, or 
cheating, or in any way wronging your 
neighbor in buying or selling, or in any other 
bargains or contracts? Or have you been ac- 
cessory to another's committing any such injus- 
tice ! How often ? and to what value ? 



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Have you unjustly retained what belonged to 
another? How long? and to what injury? 

Have you caused any damage to your neigh- 
bor in his house, cattle, or other goods ? How 
often ? 

Have you contracted debts without design of 
paying them ; or without any prospect of being 
able to pay them ? Or have you delayed or re- 
fused to pay your just debts when you were 
able? Or have you, by prodigal expenses, 
rendered yourself unable ; and so wronged your 
creditors, or your own family ? How often ? 

Have you been guilty of negligence in the 
securing or administering of trusts confided to 
your care, whether for ecclesiastical, charitable, 
or other purposes ? Has any actual loss resulted 
from this negligence ? To what extent ? Have 
you been negligent in the administration of 
property otherwise entrusted to you, as guardian 
or administrator? If so, have others thereby 
suffered ? To what extent ? 

Have you been guilty of usury in the loan of 
money ? How often ? 

Have you put off false money ? How much ? 
How often ? 

Have you professed any art, or undertaken 
any business, without sufficient skill or knowl- 



298 Devotions before Confession. 

edge ? And what injury has your neighbor suf- 
fered from it ? 

Have you bought or received stolen goods ? or 
taken of those who could not give ? How often ? 

Have you neglected your work or business to 
which you w r ere hired, or by contract obliged ? 
How often? and to what injury? Or have 
you broken your promises in matters of con- 
sequence ? 

N. B.-— In all sins of injustice, whereby you 
have done any wrong to your neighbor, either in 
his person or in his goods, or in his character, 
honor, or good name, you are strictly obliged to 
make full satisfaction and restitution, if it be in 
your power ; otherwise the sin will not be forgiven. 

Have you, then, neglected or delayed, with- 
out just cause, to make satisfaction and restitu- 
tion, when it was in your power ? How long ? 

The Eighth Commandment. 

" Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor." 

HAVE you been guilty of telling lies? And 
whether in any matter of consequence, 
or to the injury of any one ? How often? 



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Have you been guilty of hypocrisy or dis- 
simulation ? How often? 

Have you entertained a bad opinion of your 
neighbor without grounds, or judged rashly of 
his actions or intentions ? How often ? 

Have you been guilty of backbiting, or un- 
charitable conversation, by speaking of the 
known faults of your absent neighbor ? How 
often ? 

Have you been guilty of the sin of detraction, 
which consists in taking away or lessening your 
neighbor's reputation by publishing his secret 
faults or defects ? How often have you done 
so ? From what motive ? and before how 
many ? 

Have you been guilty of calumny, which 
consists in saying of your neighbor what is 
false or uncertain ? How often ? and before 
how many ? 

N.B. In either case, you are obliged to restore 
his character as far as you are able. 

Have you willingly given ear to detraction or 
calumny ? Have you taken pleasure in it ? Or 
in any way encouraged it ? Or not hindered it 
when you might ? How often ? 

Have you injured your neighbor's honor by 



300 Devotions before Confession. 

reproaches and affronts, or robbed him of his 
peace of mind by scoffs and derision ? How 
often ? 

Have you, by carrying stories backwards and 
forwards,, or in any other way, caused misunder- 
standing or quarrels betwixt others ? How 
often ? and to what prejudice ? 

N. B. — Here, also, judges, lawyers, solicitors, 
etc., ought to examine themselves, what injustice 
they may have been guilty of in managing causes, 
etc. ; as well as accusers, witnesses, etc. 

The Ninth Commandment. 
"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife." 

HAVE you taken pleasure in any unchaste 
thoughts or imaginations ? Have you 
entertained any impure desires or feelings ? 

The Tenth Commandment. 
" Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods." 

HAVE you desired your neighbor s goods, 
not caring whether you had them right 
or wrong ? Or been in a disposition of stealing, 
or otherwise wronging him, if it lay in your 
power ? How often ? 



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Have you desired your neighbor's loss or 
misfortune, or any public calamity, that you 
might be the gainer by it ? How often ? 

The Commandments of the Church. 

I. Have you neglected to keep holy the days 
of obligation? Have you worked on those 
days without necessity, and without leave from 
your pastor ? 

II. Have you neglected to hear mass on Sun- 
days and holydays of obligation ? or have you 
heard it with wilful distractions ? or not taken 
care that your children and servants should hear 
it ? How often ? 

III. Have you broken the days of abstinence 
commanded by the Church ? or eaten more than 
one meal on fasting-days ? or been accessory to 
others so doing ? How often ? 

IV. , V. Have you neglected to confess your 
sins once a year ? or to receive the Blessed Sacra- 
ment at Easter? 

VI. Have you solemnized marriage at the 
forbidden times ? Have you married within the 
forbidden degrees of kindred ? or with any other 
known impediment ? 



302 Devotions before Confession. 



The Capital or Deadly Sins. 

Pride. — Have you been guilty of pride, or 
complacency in yourself, or contempt of others? 
How often? 

Have you been guilty of vainglory, by doing 
your actions to procure esteem ? How often ? 

Have you taken delight in the esteem and 
applause of others? or have you been uneasy 
and discontented when you did not receive such 
esteem or applause ? How often ? 

Covetousness. — Have you been guilt}' of 
covetousness, in desiring or loving too much 
the things of this world? Have you sought 
after them too eagerly ? or been too much dis- 
tressed at the loss of them ? How often ? 

For the sins of Lust, see the Sixth Com- 
mandment. 

For the sins of Anger, see the Fifth Com- 
mandment. 

Gluttony. — Have you been guilty of glut- 
tony, by eating or drinking to excess, so as to 
endanger or injure your health or reason ? 
How often? and with what scandal ? 

Have you indulged an inordinate gratifica- 
tion of your appetite ? How often ? 

Have vou made others drunk ? or sought to 



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make them so? or boasted of having made 
them so ? How often ? 

Envy. — Have you envied or repined at your 
neighbor s good, either spiritual or temporal ? 
or rejoiced at his harm ? How often ? 

Have you been guilty of jealousy, in conse- 
quence of any attention or preference shown to 
others ? Have you rejoiced to see them disap- 
pointed or mortified ? 

Sloth. — Have you been guilty of sloth, or 
laziness of mind or body, which has prevented 
you from discharging your duty ? How often ? 

Have you neglected your spiritual duties ? or 
discharged them with tepidity or indolence? | 
Have you studied too much your own ease, 
leading an unmortified and unchristian life ? 

Have you squandered away much of your 
time in idleness or useless occupation ? 

Have you entertained with pleasure the 
thoughts of saying or doing any thing which it 
would be a sin to say or do ? How often ? 

Have you had the desire or design of com- 
mitting any sin ? What sin ? How often ? 

Have you gloried in any sin whatsoever? 
How often ? and before what company ? and 
what sin ? 



304 Devotions before Confession. 

N. B. — Here, also, masters and servants, hus- 
bands and wives, lawyers and physicians, ecclesi- 
astics and magistrates, etc., ought to examine into 
the sins which are peculiar to their states, and 
how far they may have neglected the duties of 
their respective callings. 

A Prayer for obtaining Contrition, 

I HAVE now here before me, O Lord, 
a sad prospect of the manifold of- 
fences, by which I have displeased Thy 
divine Majesty, and which I am assured 
will appear in judgment against me, if I 
repent not, and my soul be not disposed, 
by a hearty sorrow, to receive Thy par- 
don. But this sorrow, O Lord, this re- 
pentance must be Thy free gift, and if it 
comes not from the hand of Thy mercy, 
all my endeavors will be in vain, and I 
shall be forever miserable. Have mercy, 
therefore, on me, O Father of mercies, 
and pour forth into my heart Thy grace, 
whereby I may sincerely repent of all my 
sins ; give me a true contrition, that I 
may bewail my past misery and ingrati- 



Devotions after Confession. 30 5 

tude, and grieve from my heart for having 
offended Thee, so good a God. Permit 
me not to be deluded with a false sorrow, 
as, I fear, I have been too often, through 
my own weakness and neglect ; but let it 
be now Thy gift, descending from Thee, 
the Father of lights, that so my repent- 
ance may be accompanied with amend- 
ment and change of life, and I may be 
fully acquitted from the guilt of all my 
sins, and once more received into the 
number of Thy servants. Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

A Prayer after Confession. 



v^/ God, who, according to the multi- 
tude of Thy tender mercies, hast vouch- 
safed once more to receive Thy prodigal 
child, after so many times going astray 
from Thee, and to admit me to this sacra- 
ment of reconciliation, I give Thee thanks 
with all the powers of my soul, for this 
and all other mercies, graces, and blessings 

20— S. Heart. 




ALMIGHTY and most merciful 



306 Devotions after Confession. 

bestowed on me, the most unworthy of all 
sinners; and prostrating myself at Thy 
sacred feet, I offer myself now to be 
henceforth for ever Thine. Oh ! let noth- 
ing in life or death ever separate me from 
Thee. I once more renounce with my 
whole soul all my treasons against Thee, 
and all the abominations and sins of my 
past life. I renew my promises made in 
baptism, and from this moment I dedicate 
myself eternally to Thy love and service. 
Oh! grant that for the time to come I 
may ever fly and abhor sin more than 
death itself, and avoid all such occasions 
and companies as have unhappily brought 
me to it. I resolve henceforth to fly them 
all, by thy divine grace, without which, of 
myself, I can do nothing. I resolve to 
perform [such and such devotions], for 
obtaining this grace. I resolve to fly 
idleness, and to set myself a regular order 
and method of life, for the time I have 
yet to come. I beg Thy blessing upon 
these my resolutions, that they may not 
be ineffectual, like so many others I have 



Devotions after Confession. 307 

formerly made ; for, O Lord, without 
Thee I am nothing but misery and sin. 
Supply also, by Thy mercy, whatever de- 
fects have been in this my confession. I 
am sensible that it hath been very imper- 
fect, and that I was far from having that 
true sorrow which the heinousness of my 
sins required ; but let the precious Blood 
of Thine only Son make up this deficiency. 
Accept of my poor performance, such as 
it is, and give me grace to be now and 
always a true penitent, through the same 
Jesus Christ, Thy Son. Amen. 





DEVOTIONS FOR 

HOLY COMMUNION. 



Preparation for Communion. 

PREPARATION for holy Communion is of 
two kinds — remote and proximate. The 
former consists in an innocent, regular, and 
truly Christian life, so that we may be at all 
times worthy to receive. The latter consists in a 
spirit of recollection, into which for some days 
before Communion we should seek to enter, in 
order to dispose our soul to receive the divine 
Guest with whom we expect to form so close a 



Devotions for Communion. 309 

union. It consists, finally, in the exercises of 
piety, to which, in a more especial manner, we 
should devote the day of our communion. 

To favor this spirit of recollectedness it would 
be well to imitate the example of many saints 
who made a retreat of three days, or, at least, to 
read some suitable book on the morning and 
evening of the three days before holy Commu- 
nion, and make it the chief object of our 
thoughts. For this purpose we may read the 
following chapters of the ' ■ Following of Christ : " 
First day, Book III., chapter 53, Book I., 
chapters 20 and 21 ; second day, Book L, 
chapters 22, 23, and 24, Book III., chapters 
14, 48, and 59 ; third day, Book IV., chapters 
6, 7, 18, 10, and 13 or 16. 

The virtues with which we should at this time 
endeavor to adorn our souls are purity of con- 
science, purity of intention, and actual devotion. 

This purity of conscience should consist not 
only in cleansing our soul from the stain of 
mortal sin by the sacrament of penance, but in 
a detestation of our venial sins, and a total re- 
nunciation of them. Besides making a good 
confession, then we should endeavor to cleanse 
our soul from all that can offend the eye of a 
God of all purity, and adorn it with acts of vir- 



310 Devotions for Communion. 

tue that will please and gratify him. If we ex- 
pected a king to come and visit our dwelling 
how carefully would we cleanse it all, removing 
the least dust, and seek to give everything a 
new polish and brightness, and, if possible, pro- 
cure some new article of furniture for his especial 
use. Yet here the reality surpasses the figure ; 
the King of kings actually comes to us, and in 
our inability we must constantly implore Him 
to prepare our hearts for His abode. 

Our intention should be pure. We must 
communicate not from custom, or human re- 
spect, or as it were perforce, nor even in the 
hope of obtaining sensible devotion. Our 
object should be to be united to our God in 
love, and correspond in gratitude to His infinite 
love for us, to seek strength in our trials and 
temptations, to implore pardon for our sins, or 
some particular favor for ourselves or others. 
Let us then purify our intention, and never 
approach the holy Communion without pro- 
posing to ourselves some special intention, to 
increase in love for God, gratitude for the favors 
bestowed upon the saints, upon ourselves and 
others, joy in His infinite happiness, a greater 
desire of serving Him, the avoiding of sin, the 
conversion of sinners, and all who are strangers 



Devotions for Communion. 3 1 1 



to the Church, the relief of the souls in purga- 
tory, etc. 

The actual devotion is not a mere sensible 
feeling, but sentiments in accordance with its 

; holiness and dignity, a very great respect, a pro- 
found humility, much love and confidence, but 
especially a hunger for this heavenly bread. 
These sentiments we must endeavor to excite 
by suitable considerations, which will suggest 
themselves to our mind, if we ponder well these 

' simple questions : Who comes ! To whom 
does He come ? For what purpose does He 
come ? 

In the first you may consider your Saviour 
under the various titles which He bears, or has 
assumed, for the love of mankind, viz. : as vour 
God, your King, your Redeemer, your Father, 
Teacher, Physician, Pastor, Friend, and Spouse 
of your soul ; and see how perfectly He has ful- 
filled these titles, and fulfills them still in the 
i blessed Eucharist. In the second, consider 
the corresponding titles in yourself; viz. : of 
His creature, His subject, His rescued cap- 
tive, His child, disciple, patient, lost sheep, 
His friend and spouse, and see how you com- 
ply with the duties annexed to these glorious 
names. Thirdly, consider the intentions of 



312 Devotions for Communion. 

mercy and love, which bring Him down from 
Heaven and detain Him in this sacrament, and 
the inexhaustible treasures of grace there open 
to mankind, which to be lavished on them re- 
quire no merit on their side, but only that they 
would offer no obstacle to His goodness. The 
following will serve as an example : 

Consideration — Christ our God. 

1. Who is it that comes to thee? Christ 
Jesus, " who is over all things, God blessed for- 
ever ; " in whom ' ' dwelleth all the fulness of 
the Godhead corporally ; " whom all the choirs 
of angels adore. Oh amazing condescension ! 
Is it, then, credible that God should dwell 
with men on earth ? If the Heaven and the 
heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee, how 
much less this my house ? Ah ! love, and 
praise, and bless this thy " hidden God ; " pour 
forth thy whole soul in deepest thanksgiving, 
and exclaim, with the Apostle St. Thomas, 
" My Lord and my God ! " 

2. To whom does He come ! To thee, a vile 
and wretched worm of earth ! To thee, who 
hast so often despised Him who is thy God 
and thy Creator ! To thee, who hast made an 



Devotions for Communion. 3 1 3 

idol of thy own glory ! For thou hast forsaken 
the Lord thy God, thou hast cast off His sweet 
yoke, and hast said, I will not serve ; and hast 
turned aside to strange gods, to serve the 
worid, the flesh, and the devil. Ah, wretched 
soul, behold thy own wickedness ! "See w r hat 
an evil and bitter thing it is for thee to have for- 
saken the Lord thy God. " Cast thyself in shame j 
at His sacred feet, and with a contrite and hum- 
ble heart exclaim with the Publican, ' ' O God, 
be merciful to me a sinner ! " or with the 
penitent David cry out, " Have mercy on me, 
O God, according to Thy great mercy." 

3. For what purpose does He come ? To 
give Himself entirely and unreservedly to thee, 
"that thou mayest," as Tertullian says, "be 
wholly inebriated with thy God ; " that thou 
mayest become partaker of His divine nature ; 
that thou mayest abide in Him and He in thee; 
and that thus thou mayest live forever. Pene- 
trated, then, with wonder and admiration at so 
much love, burst forth into accents of praise 
and adoration, inviting all creatures, with holy 
David, to bless the Lord thy God, saying, 
"Praise ye the Lord from the Heavens ; praise 
ye Him in the high plaoes ; praise ye Him for 
His mighty acts ; praise ye Him according to j 





314 Devotions for Communion. 

the multitude of His greatness." And resolve 
henceforth to live no longer to thyself, but to 
Him alone, exclaiming with the royal Prophet, 
'1 Shall not my soul be subject to God? for 
from Him is my salvation ? " 

My soul in what an important affair art thou 
about to be engaged ! Thou hast to prepare 
within thee a dwelling not for man, but for a 
God of infinite Majesty ! But, 0 Lord, Thou 
only canst make it ready. What can I do, who 
am a weak and wretched creature, quite un- 
worthy to possess Thee ! Holiness, O Lord, 
should be the ornament of Thy house ; glory 
and magnificence should shine around. Fill, 1 
then, my soul with holiness ; do within her • 
great and magniflcient things, that she may be- 
come worthy of Thee. 

We should also meditate, frequently medi- 
tate, on the passion and death of our Lord, for 
He expressly instituted this sacrament as a 
memorial thereof, as the Apostle St. Paul ex- 
pressly teaches us: ^As often as you shall 
eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you 
shall show the death of the Lord until He 
come." 





Devotions before Communion. 3 1 5 

A Prayer which may be said some days 
before Communion. 

OLORD Jesus Christ! whom I aspire 
to receive in a few days within the 
temple of my soul, I come to implore that 
Thou wilt Thyself prepare Thy destined 
abode, cleansing it from every stain, and 
enriching it with ornaments worthy of 
Thy presence. Grant me an increase of 
faith, hope, and charity ; grant me true 
contrition, and profound humility ; grant 
me to sigh with holy Simeon for Thy 
coming, and, like him, to centre in Thee 
alone the ardent affections and fervent 
desires of my heart. O Lord ! whose 
throne is surrounded by cherubim and 
seraphim ! whose presence is felt by all 
creation, whose spotless sanctity the 
angels themselves contemplate with awe, 
I acknowledge my extreme unworthiness 
to receive Thee ; but animated with 
lively confidence in Thy paternal good- 
ness, I conjure Thee to prepare me Thy- 
self, and to supply from the treasury of 
Thy abundant mercies for all my deficien- 



^16 Devotions before Communion. 



cies. O Thou who hast come on earth 
to save me, and who by Thv sufferings 
hast opened Heaven to receive me, grant 
me grace to profit by all Thou hast done 
and endured for my salvation ! 

Aspirations which should be used the days 
preceding Communion. 

AS the wearied hart pines for the re- 
freshing water, so does my soul 
thirst for Thee, O Lord ! 

My soul sighs for the possession of 
God : when shall I come and appear be- 
fore Him ? Lord, I come to Thee : but 
how shall I prepare the way for Thee ? 
I am not worthy that Thou shouldst enter 
under my roof ; say but the word, and 
my soul shall be healed. 

How can I receive Thee into a heart so 
full of iniquities, and yet how can I ab- 
stain from the living Bread come down 
from Heaven to give life to the world ? 

Have pity, I beseech Thee, on me a 
sinner ; and deign to prepare Thyself a 
dwelling in my heart ; grant that from 



Devotions before Communion. 317 

Thy adorable Body may proceed a virtue 
to give strength and life to my soul. 

Prepare me for Thyself, O Jesus ! and 
render me worthy of Thy visit ; look on 
me, O Lord ! and inflame me with Thy 
love ; that I may run after the odor of 
Thy perfumes. 

Grant me humility of spirit, and pure 
charity, to render me worthy of partici- 
pating in the blessed food of Heaven. 

I wish to attract Thee by my love, and 
to enjoy Thy presence in the centre of 
my soul. O my God ! my life ! my all ! 
I beseech Thee to come into my heart, 
and to unite me to Thyself forever. 



PRACTICE FOR THE DAY OF COMMUNION. 

HAVING made it your last thought on 
retiring to rest, and preserved recollec- 
tion during the eve, awake to the voice of your 
guardian angel calling you: "Behold, the 
Spouse cometh ; go forth to meet him : n and 
rise without delay. Say your morning prayers 
with more than ordinary fervor, and repair 
early to the church, to prepare leisurely for the 
happy moment. If there before Mass begins, 



Devotions before Communion. 319 



or while another is saying, occupy your mind 
with thoughts of the great blessings which our 
Lord bestows on those who love Him, and re- 
cite such prayers as the following. During the 
Mass you may employ your usual devotions, or 
the special prayers for such as are about to re- 
ceive ; but after the consecration, renew or 
repeat the prayers which are here given, or some 
embracing acts of the same virtues. 




320 Devotions before Communion, 




ST. ALPHONSUS LIGUORI'S PRAYERS BE- 
FORE COMMUNION. 

Act of Faith. 

BEHOLD, He cometh leaping upon 
the mountains, skipping over the 
hills " (Cant. ii. 8). Ah, my most amiable 
Saviour, over how many, what rough and 
craggy mountains, hast Thou had to pass 
in order to come and unite Thyself to me 
by the means of this most holy Sacra- 
ment ! Thou, from being God, hadst to 
become man ; from being immense to be- 
come a babe ; from being Lord, to become 
a servant. Thou hadst to pass from the 



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bosom of Thy eternal Father to the 
womb of a Virgin ; from Heaven into a 
stable ; from the throne of glory to the 
gibbet of a criminal. And on this very 
morning Thou wilt come from Thy seat 
in Heaven to dwell in my bosom. 

" Behold, He standeth behind our wall, 
looking through the windows, looking 
through the lattices " (Cant. ii. 9). Be- 
hold, O my soul, thy loving Jesus, burn- 
ing with the same love with which He 
loved thee when dying for thee on the 
Cross, is now concealed in the most bless- 
ed Sacrament under the sacred species ; 
and what doing! Looking through the 
lattices. As an ardent lover, desirous to 
see his love corresponded with, from the 
Host, as from within closed lattices, 
whence he sees without being seen, He is 
looking at you, who are this morning about 
to feed upon His Divine Flesh ; He ob- 
serves your thoughts, what it is that you 
love, what you desire, what you seek for, 
and what offerings you are about to make 



, 3 22 Devotions before Communion. 

Awake, then, my soul, and prepare to 
meet thy Jesus; and, in the first place, 
by faith say to Him : So, then, my be- 
loved Redeemer, in a few moments Thou 
art coming to me ? O hidden God, un- 
known to the greater part of men, I be- 
lieve, I confess, I adore Thee in the most 
holy Sacrament as my Lord and Saviour! 
And in acknowledgment of this truth I 
would willingly lay down my life. Thou 
comest to enrich me with Thy graces, and 
to unite Thyself all to me ; how great, 
then, should be my confidence in this 
; Thy so loving visit ! 

Act of Confidence. 

MY soul, expand thy heart. Thy 
Jesus can do thee every good, and, 
indeed, loves thee. Hope thou for great 
things from this thy Lord, who, urged by 
love, comes all love to thee. Yes, my 
dear Jesus, my hope, I trust in Thy good- 
ness, that, in giving Thyself to me this 
morning, Thou wilt enkindle in my poor 
heart the beautiful flame of Thy pure 



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love, and a real desire to please Thee ; so 
that, from this day forward, I may never 
will anything but what Thou wiliest. 



H, my God, my God, true and only 



jljl love of my soul, and what more, 
couldst Thou have done to be loved by 
me ? To die for me was not enough for 
Thee, my Lord ; Thou wast pleased to 
institute this great Sacrament in order to 
give Thyself all to me, and thus bind and 
unite Thyself heart to heart with so loath- 
some and ungrateful a creature as I am. 
And what is more, Thou, Thyself invitest 
me to receive Thee, and desirest so much 
that I should do so ! O boundless love ! 
incomprehensible love ! infinite love ! a 
God would give Himself all to me ! 

My soul, believest thou this ? And what 
doest thou ? what sayest thou ? O God, O 
God, O infinite amiability, only worthy 
object of all loves, I love Thee with my 
whole heart, I love Thee above all things, 
I love Thee more than myself, more than 



Act of Love. 




324 Devotions before Communion. 

my life ! Oh, could I but see Thee loved 
by all ! Oh, could I but cause Thee to 
be loved by all hearts as much as Thou 
deservest ! I love Thee, O most amiable 
God, and I unite my miserable heart in 
loving Thee, to the hearts of the Sera- 
phim, to the heart of the most blessed 
Virgin Mary, to the Heart of Jesus, Thy 
most loving and beloved Son. So that, 
O infinite Good, I love Thee with the love 
with which the Saints, with which Mary, 
with which Jesus loves Thee. And I love 
Thee only because Thou art worthy of it, 
and to give Thee pleasure. Depart, all 
earthly affections, which are not for God, 
depart from my heart. Mother of fair 
love, most holy Virgin Mary, help me to 
love that God whom thou dost so ardent- 
ly desire to see loved ! 

Act of Hit m il ity. 

THEN, my soul, thou art even now 
about to feed on the most sacred 
Flesh of Jesus! And art thou worthy? 



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My God, and who am I, and who art 
Thou ? I indeed know and confess whom 
Thou art who givest Thyself to me ; but 
dost Thou know what I am who am about 
to receive Thee ? 

And is it possible, O my Jesus, that 
Thou who art infinite purity desirest to 
come and reside in this soul of mine, 
which has been so many times the dwelling 
of Thy enemy, and soiled with so many 
sins? I know, O my Lord, Thy great 
majesty and my misery ; I am ashamed 
to appear before Thee. Reverence would 
induce me to keep at a distance from 
Thee ; but if I depart from Thee, O my 
life, whither shall I go ? to whom shall 
I have recourse ? and what will become 
of me? No, never will I depart from 
Thee ; nay, even I will ever draw nearer 
and nearer to Thee. Thou art satisfied that 
I should receive Thee as food, Thou even 
invitest me to this. I come, then, O my 
amiable Saviour, I come to receive Thee 
this morning, all humbled and confused at 
the sight of my defects ; but full of confi- 



326 Devotions before Communion. 

dence in Thy tender mercy, and in the 
love which Thou bearest me. 

Act of Contrition. 

I AM indeed grieved, O God, of my soul, 
for not having loved Thee during the 
time past ; still worse, so far from loving 
Thee, and to gratify my own inclinations, 
I have greatly offended and outraged 
Thy infinite goodness : I have turned my 
back against Thee, I have despised Thy 
grace and friendship ; in fine, O my God, 
I was deliberately in the will to lose Thee. 
Lord, I am sorry, and grieve for it with 
my whole heart. I detest the sins which 
I have committed, be they great or small, 
as the greatest of all my misfortunes, be- 
cause I have thereby offended Thee, O 
infinite Goodness. I trust that Thou 
hast already forgiven me ; but if Thou 
hast not yet pardoned me, oh, do so 
before I receive Thee : wash with Thy 
Blood this soul of mine, in which Thou 
art so soon about to dwell. 



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Act of Desire. 

AND now, my soul, the blessed hour 
is arrived in which Jesus will come 
and take up His dwelling in thy poor 
heart. Behold the King of Heaven, be- 
hold thy Redeemer and God, who is even 
now coming; prepare thyself to receive 
Him with love, invite Him with the ardor 
of Thy desire ; come, O my Jesus, come 
to my soul, which desires Thee. Before 
Thou givest Thyself to me, I desire to 
give Thee, and I now give Thee, my mis- 
erable heart ; do Thou accept it, and 
come quickly to take possession of it. 

Come, my God ! hasten ; delay no 
longer. My only and infinite Good, my 
Treasure, my Life, my Paradise, my Love, 
All, my wish is to receive Thee with the 
love with which the most holy and loving 
souls have received Thee ; with that with 
which the most blessed Virgin Mary re- 
ceived Thee ; with their communions I 
unite this one of mine. 

Most holy Virgin and my Mother Mary, 



328 Devotions before Communion. 

behold, I already approach to receive Thy 
Son. Would that I had the heart and 
love with which thou didst communicate ! 
Give me this morning thy Jesus, as thou 
didst give Him to the Shepherds and to 
the kings. I intend to receive Him from 
Thy most pure hands. Tell Him that I 
am thy servant and thy client ; for He 
will thus look upon me with a more loving 
eye, and now that He is coming, will 
press me more closely to Himself. 





ACTS AFTER COMMUNION. 

Ad of Faith. 

BEHOLD, my God is even now come to 
visit me ; my Saviour to dwell in my soul. 
My Jesus is even now within me. He is 
come to make Himself mine, and at the same 
time to make me His. So that Jesus is mine 
and I belong to Jesus ; Jesus is all mine, and 
I am all His. 

O Infinite Goodness ! O Infinite Mer- 



33° Devotions after Communion. 

cy ! 0 Infinite Love ! that a God should 
come to unite Himself to me, and to 
make Himself all mine ! My soul, now 
that thou art thus closely bound to Jesus, 
that thou art thus one with Him, what 
doest thou ? Hast thou nothing to say to 
Him ; dost thou not converse with thy 
God, who is with thee? Ah, yes, renew 
thy faith ; remember that the angels now 
surround thee, adoring their God, who is 
within thy breast ; do thou also adore thy 
Lord within thyself. Enter into thyself, 
and banish thence everv other thought. 
Unite all thy affections together, and, 
clinging closely to thy God, say: 

An Act of Welcome. 

AH, my Jesus, my Love, my Infinite 
Good, my All, be ever welcome in 
the poor dwelling of my soul ! Ah, my 
Lord, where art Thou ! to what a place 
Thou art come ! Thou hast entered my 
heart, which is far worse than the stable 
in which Thou wast born ; it is full of 
earthly affections, of self-love, and of in- 
ordinate desires. And how couldst Thou 



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come to dwell there? I would address 
Thee with St. Peter: "Depart from me, 
for I am a sinful man" (St. Luke v. 8). 
Yes, depart from me, O Lord, for I am 
indeed unworthy to receive a God of in- 
finite goodness ; go and find repose in 
those pure souls who serve Thee with so 
much love. But no, my Redeemer ; what 
do I say? Leave me not ; for if Thou 
departest, I am lost. I embrace Thee, 
my life ; I cling to Thee. Mad, indeed, 
have I been, in having separated myself 
from Thee for the love of creatures ; and 
in my ingratitude I drove Thee from me. 
But now I will never more separate myself 
from Thee, my Treasure ; I desire to live 
and die united to Thee. Most blessed 
Virgin Mary, Seraphim, and all souls, do 
you who love God with pure love lend me 
your affections, that I may worthily at- 
tend on my beloved Lord. 

Act of Thanksgiving. 

MY God and Lord, I thank Thee for 
the grace which Thou hast this 



332 Devotions after Communion. 

morning bestowed upon me, of coming to 
dwell in my soul ; but I would wish to 
thank Thee in a manner worthy of Thee 
and of the great favor which Thou hast 
done me. But what do I say? how can 
such a miserable creature as I am ever 
worthily thank Thee ? 

Father Segneri says, that the feeling 
most becoming a soul who communicates 
is that of wondering astonishment at the 
thought, and to repeat, "A God is united 
to me ; a God is mine ! M David said, 
" What shall I render to the Lord for all 
the things that He hath rendered to 
me?" (Ps. cxv. 12.) But I! what return 
shall I make to Thee, my Jesus, who, after 
having given me so many of Thy good 
things, hast this morning, moreover, given 
me Thyself? My soul, bless, then, and 
thank thy God as best thou canst. And 
thou, my Mother Mary, my holy advocates, 
my guardian angel, and all ye souls who 
love God, " Come and hear, all ye that 
fear God, and I will tell you what great 
things He hath done for my soul 9 (Ps. lxv. 



Devotions after Communion. 333 

16). Come and bless and thank my God 
for me, admiring and praising the truly 
great graces which He has granted me. 

Act of Oblation. 

MY Beloved to me, and I to Him " 
(Cant. ii. 16). Should a king go to 
visit a poor shepherd in his hut, what can 
the shepherd offer him other than his 
whole hut, such as it is ? Since, then, O 
Jesus, my divine King, Thou hast come j 
to visit the poor house of my soul, I offer 
and give Thee this house and my entire 
self, together with my liberty and will : 
"My beloved to me, and I to Him." 
Thou hast given Thyself all to me ; I give 
myself all to Thee. My Jesus, from this 
day forward I will be no longer mine ; I 
will be Thine, and all Thine. May my 
senses be Thine, that they may only serve 
me to please Thee. And what greater 
pleasure, says St. Peter of Alcantara, can 
be found, than that of pleasing Thee, 
most amiable, most loving, most gracious 
God ? I at the same time give Thee all 



334 Deletions after Communion. 

the powers of my soul, and I will that 
they shall be all Thine : my memory I 
will only use to recall to mind Thy bene- 
fits and Thy love ; my understanding I 
will only use to think of Thee, who al- 
ways thinkest of my good ; my will I will 
only use to love Thee, my God. my All, 
and to will only that which Thou wiliest. 
My most sweet Lord, I offer, then, and 
consecrate to Thee this morning all that I 
am and have, — my senses, my thoughts, 
my affections, my desires, my pleasures, my 
inclinations, my liberty, in a word, I place 
my whole body and soul in Thy hands. 

Accept, O Infinite Majesty, the sacri- 
fice of the hitherto most ungrateful sin- 
ner Thou hast ever had on earth ; but 
who now offers and gives himself all to 
Thee. Do with me and dispose of me, O 
Lord, as Thou pleasest. 

Come, O consuming Fire, O Divine 
Love ! and consume in me all which is 
mine, and which is displeasing in Thy 
most pure eyes, so that from hencefor- 
ward I may be all Thine, and may live 



Devotions after Communion. 336 

only to execute, not Thy commands and 
counsels alone, but all Thy holy desires 
and good pleasure also. Amen. 

OMOST holy Mary, do thou present 
this offering of mine to the Most 
Blessed Trinity with thine own hands ; 
and do thou obtain Their acceptance of 
it, and that They may grant me the grace 
to be faithful unto death. Amen, amen, 
amen. 



MY soul, what art thou doing? The 



V-/ present is no time to be lost ; it is 
a precious time, in which thou canst re- 
ceive all the graces which thou askest. 
Seest thou not the Eternal Father, Avho 
is lovingly beholding thee ! for within 
thee He sees His beloved Son, the dearest 
object of His love. Drive, then, far from 
thee all other thoughts ; rekindle thy 
faith, enlarge thy heart, and ask for what- 
ever thou wiliest. 

Hearest thou not Jesus Himself who 



Act of Petition. 




336 Devotions after Communion, 

thus addresses thee : " What wilt thou 
that I should do to thee?" (St. Mark 
x. 51). O soul, tell me what dost thou 
desire of Me ? I am come for the express 
purpose of enriching and gratifying thee ; 
ask with confidence, and thou wilt re- 
ceive all. 

Ah ! my most sweet Saviour, since 
Thou hast come into my heart in order to 
grant me graces, and desirest that I should 
ask Thee for them, I ask Thee not for the 
goods of the earth — riches, honors, or 
pleasures ; but grant me, I beseech Thee, 
intense sorrow for the displeasures I have 
caused Thee ; impart to me so clear a 
light, that I may know the vanity of this 
world, and how deserving Thou art of 
love. Change this heart of mine, detach 
it from all earthly affections; give me a 
heart conformable in all things to Thy 
holy will, that it may seek only for that 
which is more pleasing to Thee, and have 
no other desire than Thy holy love : 
" Create a clean heart in me, O God" 
I (Ps. 1. 12). 



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I deserve not this ; but Thou, my Jesus, 
deservest it, since Thou art come to dwell 
in my soul ; I ask it of Thee through 
Thy merits, and those of Thy most holy 
Mother, and by the love which Thou 
bearest to Thy Eternal Father. 

Here pause, to ask Jesus for some other particular 
grace for yourself and for your neighbors. 
Do not forget poor sinners, or the souls in 
Purgatory. 

ETERNAL Father, Jesus Christ Him- 
self, Thy Son, has said, "Amen, 
amen, I say to you, if you ask the Father 
any thing in My Name, He will give it 
you." For the love, then, of this Son, 
whom I now hold within my breast, do 
Thou graciously hear me and grant my 
petition. 

My most sweet Loves, Jesus and Mary, 
may I suffer for you, may I die for you ; 
may I be all yours, and in nothing my 
own ! May the Most Blessed Sacrament 
ever be thanked and praised ! Blessed be 
the holy and Immaculate Conception of 
the Blessed Virgin Mary ! 22-s.Heart. 



338 Devotions after Communion. 
Prayer of St, Ignatius. 

SOUL of Christ, sanctify me ; 
Body of Christ, protect me ; 
Blood of Christ, inebriate me ; 
Water of the side of Christ, purify me ; 
Passion of Christ, strengthen me ; 
O good Jesus, hear Thou me ; 
Within Thy wounds, oh, hide me ; 
Suffer me not to leave Thee ; 
From the evil one defend me ; 
In my last hour call Thou me ; 
Bid me, oh, bid me, come to Thee ; 
With saints and angels may I praise Thee 
Through endless ages of eternity. 

Amen. 

Loving Aspirations to Jesus in t/ie Blessed 
Sacrament. 

They can be used either before or after Commun- 
ion, or in visiting the Blessed Sacrament. 

I. " Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and 
see King Solomon in the diadem where- 
with his mother crowned him in the day 
of his espousals" (Cant. iii. 11). O 
daughters of grace, 0 ye souls who love 



Devotions after Communion. 339 

God, quit the darkness of earth, and be- 
hold Jesus, your King, crowned with a 
crown of thorns ; the crown of contempt 
and suffering with which the impious syn- 
agogue, His mother, crowned Him on the 
day of His espousals, — that is to say, on 
the day of His death, by the means of 
which He espoused Himself on the Cross 
to our souls. Go forth again my soul, 
and behold Him all full of compassion 
and love, now that He comes to unite 
Himself to thee in this sacrament of love. 

Has it indeed, then, cost Thee so much, 
my beloved Jesus, before Thou couldst 
come and unite Thyself to souls in this 
most sweet sacrament? Wast Thou in- 
deed obliged to suffer so bitter and igno- 
minious a death? Oh, come, then, with- 
out delay and unite Thyself to my soul 
also. It was at one time Thy enemy by 
sin; but now Thou desirest to espouse it 
by Thy grace. Come, O Jesus, my 
Spouse, for never more will I betray 
Thee ; I am determined to be ever faith- 
ful to Thee. As a loving spouse, my 



34-0 Devotions after Csmmunion. 

whole thought shall be to find out Thy 
pleasure. I am determined to love Thee 
without reserve ; I desire to be all Thine, 
my Jesus — all, all, all. 

II. "A bundle of myrrh is my Beloved 
to me ; He shall abide between my 
breasts" (Cant. i. 12). Thy myrrh plant 
when pricked sends forth tears, and a 
healthful liquor from the wounds. Before 
His passion, our Jesus determined to pour 
forth His divine Blood from His wounds 
in so painful a way, to give it afterwards 
all to us for our salvation in this Bread of 
Life. Come, then, O my beloved Bundle 
of Myrrh, O my enamored Jesus ; Thou 
art indeed a subject of grief and pity to 
me, when I consider Thee all wounded 
for me on the Cross; but then, when I 
receive Thee in this most sweet sacra- 
ment, Thou becomest, indeed, to me more 
sweet and delicious than a bunch of the 
choicest grapes can be to one who is 
parched with thirst : " A cluster of cypress 
my Love is to me, in the vineyards of 
Engaddi " (Cant. i. 13). Come, then, to 



Devotions after Communion. 341 

my soul, and receive and satiate me with 
Thy holy love. Ah, what sweetness do I 
feel in my soul at the thought, that I have 
to receive within myself that same Saviour 
of mine who for my salvation was pleased 
to be drained of all His Blood, and sacri- 
ficed on a Cross ! " He shall abide be- 
tween my breasts/' No, my Jesus, never 
more will I drive Thee hence ; and Thou 
shalt never more have to leave me. I am 
determined ever to love Thee, and to be 
always united to and closely bound up 
with Thee. I will always belong to Jesus, 
and Jesus will be always mine ; forever, 
forever, forever " He shall abide between 
my breasts." 



34 2 Devotions before Communion. 




DEVOUT ASPIRATIONS OF ST. FRANCIS OF 
SALES. 

TO BE MADE BEFORE AND AFTER COMMUNION. 

Before Communion. 

OMY true and perfect Love, what af- 
fection is this that brings Thee to 
such a miserable thing as I ? Come, yes, 
come, desired of my heart ; my soul sighs 
for Thee ; I offer to Thee, O my God, this 
communion, to satisfy the desire Thou 
hast to come and unite me to Thyself, my 
God, and my All. Oh, what a wonder ! 
A God descends from Heaven for me, and 
hides His majesty under the vile clothing 
of the species of bread and wine ! Oh, 



Devotions before Communion. 343 

how true it is, my Lord, that having al- 
ways loved Thine own, Thou hast loved 
them especially at the end, when Thou 
didst institute this divine sacrament. 

O my God, Thou art goodness itself; 
how, then, is it possible that I can love 
anything else but Thee ? Ah, Lord, draw 
me always closer and closer into Thy 
heart. I prefer Thy love and Thy good- 
ness above all that is to be found in the 
world. Thou art the only object of my 
affections. I wish for none other but 
Thee. I will leave all in order to love 
Thee. Give me grace to do it ; without 
that I can do nothing. 

Ah, my Beloved, if Thou wouldst have 
me look to Thee, do Thou first turn to 
me, and by Thy Spirit draw mine to Thee. 
I am nothing, I can do nothing, I am 
worth nothing; therefore let me not be 
ungrateful for all the graces that Thou 
hast designed to grant me. I offer myself 
for Thy love, to be entirely deprived of 
every sensible consolation, and to suffer 
all the afflictions Thou shalt be pleased to 



344 Devotions before Communion. 

send me, whether in time or eternity. I 
am, and will be all Thine ; I dare to ask 
Thee not only for Thy gifts, but also for 
Thyself. I desire to receive Thee, to be 
more united to Thee. 

O Eternal Father, I offer to Thee the 
Passion of Thy Son for my salvation and 
that of the whole world. Look not at 
my sins ; but look at the love of Thy be- 
loved Son towards us, which has drawn 
Him into this sacrament. By this love, 
my God, have pity on me ! 

My Redeemer, I acknowledge myself to 
be infinitely unworthy of approaching to 
receive Thee, by reason of my sins and 
my want of purity. Therefore I say to 
Thee, Lord, I am not worthy. Even if I 
had all the love of the Seraphim, I should 
still be unfit to receive Thee ; again, then, 
I repeat, Lord, I am not worthy. 

Come, O my sweet Saviour, and work 
in me that which Thou hast come to me 
to do. I am nothing but wretchedness ; 
but Thy goodness does not let Thee see 
my misery. Come into my soul and sane- 



Devotions after Communion. 345 



tify it ; take possession of my heart and 
purify it ; enter into my body and keep 
it ; and never separate me from Thy love. 

Burn, O consuming Fire, all Thou seest 
in me unworthy of Thy presence, and 
that may put an obstacle to Thy grace 
and love.. O Mother of my Redeemer, 
have compassion on me a poor sinner; 
pray for me, that by thy help I may em- 
brace thy Son with perfect love, and be- 
come a soul after His own heart. 



Xjr adore Thee within me. One heart 
is too little to love Thee, my Jesus; one 
tongue is not enough to praise Thy good- 
ness. O my Saviour, how great are my 
obligations to Thee, for visiting such a 
poor creature as I am! I offer myself all 
to Thee, in gratitude for so great a favor. 

No, I will not longer live, in myself, but 
that Jesus alone should live in me. He 
is mine, and I am His, for all eternity. 
Oh, love, love; no more sins! I will 



After Communion. 




Sacred Host, I 



346 Devotions after Communion. 

never forget the goodness and mercy of 
God, my Saviour and my guest. Yes, my 
God, I firmly believe that Thou, Body 
and Soul, art in my breast ; Thy Divinity 
is now within me, and united to me. 

I adore Thee, and I venerate Thee, as 
if I were the smallest worm crawling 
along in the dust of its own nothingness, 
to testify the desire I have to give Thee 
glory. But is it possible that Thy Infinite 
Majesty should have deigned to visit the 
least of Thy creatures? With a softened 
heart, my dear Saviour, I thank Thee for 
this great gift. I thank Thee for it a 
thousand times. Grant that I may thank 
Thee for it as Thou dost deserve. May 
Thy most holy Mother, and all the angels 
and saints, give Thee thanks for it ! On 
my part, I offer Thee all the praises and 
thanksgivings that have been and ever 
shall be offered to Thee by all creatures. 

O my God, Thou dost come to unite 
Thyself to me, to apply to my soul more 
abundantly the merits of Thy Passion, 
and to sanctify me. Accomplish in me, 



Devotions after Communion. 347 



then, all that Thou didst come to do. 
My God, Thou art all wise and all power- 
ful, let not the fruit of Thy coming be 
lost ; unite Thyself to me, and me to 
Thee, by an inseparable union and a per- 
fect love. Unite the abyss of Thy mercy 
with the abyss of my misery, and make 
me live a life all divine. 

My Jesus, Thou knowest what is want- 
ing in me; Thou knowest that without 
Thee I can do nothing; Thou knowest 
my weakness ; have pity on me ; give me 
humility, purity of heart, love and con- 
formity to Thy holy will, strength against 
my bad habits, remission of my sins, and 
grace never more to commit them. Give 
me a thorough contempt for all things, so 
that I may love none other but Thee. 
Give me patience to suffer for Thy love 
all that may happen to me. I hope all 
from Thee. O most holy Virgin, my dear 
Mother, beg of thy Son, by the love He 
bears thee, to grant me, for thy sake, all 
I ask. 

My God, and my only good, I am more 



34§ Devotions after Communion. 

pleased in Thy infinite perfections than 
if they were my own. I rejoice that 
nothing in the world can take them from 
Thee, or diminish them. Come, then, 
Thou art always welcome ; always perfect 
and infinite in Thy majesty, O my Jesus, 
my Love and my God. Come and make 
me all Thine. 

My Saviour, by that infinite goodness 
which made Thee come down to this 
earth, I pray Thee, let me experience the 
effects of Thy love, in feeling my soul 
so absorbed in Thee, that, despising all 
earthly things, it may see nothing but 
Thee, and think of nothing but Thee ; 
that the same love which made Thee die 
for me on the Cross may make me in like 
manner die in Thee, to live in Thee for 
all eternity. 

O God of my soul, who meritest to be 
loved above all creatures, I protest that 
I hold Thee as the only object of my 
affections, and I prefer Thee to all the 
goods of the world, and to myself. I de- 
sire to be faithful to Thee, and never 



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more to see myself separated from 
Thee. 

I resign and abandon myself entirely 
to Thee, embracing with all affection and 
respect Thy will, and Thy just designs 
over me. And I pray that whatever 
Thou hast ordained concerning me in 
time and in eternity may be accomplished ; 
but I hope one day to see Thy divine face 
and Thy infinite beauty. My God, draw 
me to Thee, to love Thee and to burn 
with Thy love, by which I would be en- 
tirely consumed. Hide me, I pray Thee, 
in Thyself, that no creature may ever be 
able to find me again. O Eternal Father, 
for the love of Thy Son, fill my memory 
with holy thoughts, which shall constrain 
it to have a continual remembrance of 
Thee and of Thy Son. Oh, make me 
know and do all that Thou desirest of me. 
And Thou, O Holy Spirit, fill my will 
with holy affections, that shall bring forth 
all those fruits which proceed from Thy 
love. Illuminate me with Thy light ; so 
shall I walk straight to Thee, and my will 



35o Devotions after Communion. 

shall be no longer free to give itself to 
any but Thee. 

My God and my All, I will no more 
seek any thing out of Thee, now that I 
can find all things in Thee. O merciful 
Father, make me have a care for Thy 
service as Thou hast had so much for my 
good. I wish to employ all my thoughts 
in seeking ways to please Thee, and in 
preserving me from offending Thee any 
more. 

O incarnate Lord, make me love Thee, 
and none other than Thee. Remove 
from me all occasions which might drive 
me from Thy love. Let my heart be al- 
ways occupied in contemplating Thee and 
serving Thee, Thou that art the master- 
love of all hearts. Thou didst but come 
into the world to dwell in the hearts Thou 
hast redeemed with Thy Blood ; then may 
my heart be all Thine, do Thou possess 
it. See, then, all my wants, and enlighten 
me; excite me, and make me prompt to 
obey Thy will. 

O Jesus Almighty, take from me all 



Devotions after Communion. 35 1 

that can hinder the effects of Thy power 
and goodness. I renounce my liberty, 
and consecrate it entirely to the designs 
of Thy will. Have pity on me, and cure 
me of all my impurities and infidelity ; 
fill me with Thy grace and wisdom. I 
abandon myself wholly to Thee, O my 
Jesus ; I wish to be all Thine, I wish to 
employ myself with fervor for Thy glory, 
and to suffer patiently all tribulations at 
the sight of Thy sufferings. Enable me 
to employ myself solely in things that are 
pleasing to Thee. 

My God, let me discern Thee with 
a true faith, to know Thee and love 
Thee ; let me know Thy will to fulfil it ; 
let me see myself to confess my deform- 
ity, to abhor and humble myself; and 
in the end let me see Thy Divine face 
in all eternity. Lord, I have w r asted my 
substance, like the prodigal son ; but I 
have not been able to exhaust Thy mer- 
cies. Grant that I may take Thy will for 
the sole guide of my life, and not my own 
senses nor human respect. Write in my 



352 Devotions after Communion. 

heart the law of Thy love so deeply, that 
it may never be effaced. 

My God, even if there were no place of 
torment for the wicked, I would not leave 
off loving Thee and suffering for Thee. 
Make me correspond to Thy desires. 
From this time forth Thou shalt be my 
portion forever. I submit myself with 
confidence to all that Thou shalt ordain 
for me in time and in eternity. O incarnate 
Word, wash my heart with Thy Blood, 
and imprint there, as a sign of Thy love, 
Thy holy Name of Jesus. 

Lord, abandon me not into the power 
of my vices ; remember that I am the 
work of Thy hands ; permit me not to 
become the prey of demons. I am a sin- 
ner, it is true ; but I have been redeemed 
by Thy Blood. Eternal Father, look at 
the Passion of Thy Son, whose merits sue 
mercy for me ; these I offer to Thee ; by 
these do Thou detach me from worldly 
affections and fill me with Thy love, and 
make me die with resignation, with faith, 
with confidence, and with perfect love. 



Devotions after Communion. 353 

O my Jesus, by that eternal love which 
Thou hast borne me, give me grace to 
love Thee during the short time that re- 
mains for me to live on this earth, that I 
may afterwards love Thee eternally in 
Heaven. O God of love, make me live 
only for Thee. When shall I be all Thine, 
as Thou art all mine ? When shall I die 
to myself, to live only for Thy love ? I 
do not even know how to give myself to 
Thee as I ought. Ah, my God, take me, 
and make me all Thine ! 

My God, I wish for my eyesight only 
to look at Thee ; for my tongue only to 
speak of Thee ; for my heart only to love 
Thee ; for my body only to offer it to 
Thee ; for my life only to sacrifice it to 
Thee. O God of love, give me Thy love. 
Infinite Power, help my weakness. Eter- 
nal Wisdom, enlighten my darkness. Im- ! 
mense Goodness, pardon my malice. O 
Infinite Goodness, too late have I loved 
and known Thee : do with me what Thou 
pleasest : I wish for nothing but what 
Thou shalt do. 

23— S. Heart. 



354 Devotions after Communion. 

O Blessed Virgin, I rejoice with thee 
in that thou hast gained the heart of thy 
God ; ah, unite me wholly to thy Son, 
speak to Him for me, and obtain for me 
the grace of following all His inspirations. 
Thou must teach me to practise the vir- 
tues thou didst exercise on earth, and de- 
tach me from affection to all that is not 
God, that I may love Him with all my 
strength. 

My God, enkindle Thy love in me, so 
that I may seek nothing else but Thy 
pleasure ; so that nothing may please me 
that does not please Thee ; and drive 
from my heart all things that are not 
agreeable to Thee. May I always be able 
to say with true affection : My God, Thee 
alone do I desire, and nothing more. My 
Jesus, give me a great love for Thy Pas- 
sion, that, Thy sufferings and Thy death 
being always before my eyes they may 
continually excite my love towards Thee, 
and make me desirous of rendering Thee 
some token of gratitude for so much love. 
Give me also a great love to the Most 



Devotions after Communion. 355 

Holy Sacrament of the Altar, in which 
Thou hast revealed the great affection 
Thou dost bear us. Besides this, I beg 
of Thee to give me a tender devotion to 
Thy most holy Mother; give me grace al- 
ways to love and serve her; always to 
have recourse to her intercession, and to 
induce others to honor her ; and to give 
me and to all men a great confidence, first 
in the merits of Thy Passion, and next in 
the intercession of Mary. 

I pray Thee to grant me a holy death. 
Enable me at that moment to receive 
Thee with great love in the most holy 
viaticum ; so that, united to Thee, burn- 
ing with a holy fire, and with a great de- 
sire of seeing Thee, I may go forth from 
this life to embrace Thy feet the first time 
it shall be given me to see Thee. 

0 my King, come and reign alone in 
my soul ; do Thou possess it entirely, 
that it may not serve nor obey anything 
but Thy love. 

O my Jesus, would that I could annihi- 



| 356 Devotions after Communion. 

late myself all for Thee, who hast annihi- 
lated all Thy life for me ! 

O Lamb of God, sacrificed on the 
Cross, remember that I am one of those 
souls that Thou hast redeemed with so 
much suffering and grief. Let me never 
lose Thee. Thou hast given Thyself all 
to me, let me be all Thine; let all my 
eagerness be to please Thee. I love Thee, 

0 immense Good, in order to please Thee ; 

1 love Thee because Thou art worthy of 
it : my greatest sorrow is to think I have 
been so long in the world without loving 
Thee. 

My beloved Redeemer, make me feel 
the grief Thou hadst for my sins in the 
garden of Gethsemani. O my Jesus, 
would that I had died before, and had 
never offended Thee ! O love of my 
Jesus, Thou art my love and my hope! 
I will rather lose my life a thousand times 
than lose Thy grace. 

My God, if I had died when I was in 
sin, I could never love Thee again : I 
thank Thee for giving me time, and call- 



Devotions after Communion. $5/ 

ing me to love Thee. Now, then, that I 
can love Thee, I will love Thee with all 
my soul. For this reason hast Thou 
borne with me, that I should love Thee ; 
yes, I will love Thee. 

Ah, by the Blood which Thou hast shed 
for me, permit me not to betray Thee 
again : " In Thee, O Lord, have I hoped ; 
I shall not be confounded forever." What 
is the world ? what are riches ? what are 
pleasures? what are honors? God, God, 
I will have God alone. My God, Thou 
art sufficient for me, Thou art an infinite 
good. 

O my Jesus, bind me altogether to Thy 
love, and draw all my affections to Thee, 
that I may love none other but Thee : 
make me all Thine before I die. 

Ah, my God, as long as I live I am in 
danger of losing Thee. When shall the 
day come that I can say to Thee : My 
Jesus, I cannot lose Thee more? 

O Eternal Father, for the love of Jesus 
Christ, despise me not ; accept of me to 
love Thee, and do Thou give me Thy love. 



358 Devotions after Communion. 

I wish to love Thee much in this life, that 
I may love Thee much in the next. 

O infinite Good, I love Thee ; but make 
me know the great Good that I love, and 
give me such a love as Thou dost desire. 
May I conquer all things to please Thee ! 

O Mary, of thee, who so much desirest 
to see thy Son beloved, do I ask this 
grace, to love Him during all the remain- 
der of my life ; and I desire nothing more. 
My Lady and my Mother, I trust in thee ; 
thou dost obtain all thou dost ask of thy 
God ; thou dost pray for all who are de- 
voted to thee, pray also for me. 




ON INDULGENCES. 



AS each indulgence is attached to the perform- 
ance of some good work, and has special 
conditions, the good work must be done and the 
conditions exactly performed as specified, except 
where a confessor or other has power to substitute 
other conditions. The usual ones are confession, 
communion, and praying for the intention of the 
Pope. As to the former, we need not enlarge ; 
the prayers may be either five Our Fathers and 
five Hail Marys, or some special prayer, such as 
these : 

PRAYERS FOR OBTAINING PLENARY IN- 
DULGENCES. 

Preparatory Prayer. 

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, I trust 
that by Thy mercy I am absolved from 



360 



Indulgences. 



all my sins, and delivered from eternal damna- 
tion ; yet since I am still obnoxious to the tem- 
poral punishments due unto my sins, and my 
own works are not sufficient to make satisfac- 
tion for them, I fly to the inexhaustible treas- 
ury of the merits of Thy only begotten Son and 
of Thy saints, that, by their abundance, my de- 
fects and infirmities may be supplied. I cheer- 
fully offer myself to do all those things which 
are appointed for obtaining this end. Receive 
them, O Father of mercies, in union w T ith the 
Passion and Death of Thy same Son, and 
make me, although unworthy, partaker of this 
plenary indulgence. 

Our Father. Hail Mary. 



To God the Father, for the Exaltation of our Holy 
Mother, the Church. 



congregation which Thou hast possessed 
from the beginning. Acknowledge the Church 
as the spouse of Thine only begotten Son, for 
which he hesitated not to shed His blood. So 
exalt it, I beseech Thee, with the beauty of 
holiness, the riches of grace, and the fullness 



First Prayer. 




Father, be mindful of Thy 



Indulgences'. 361 



of Thine inheritance, that it may shine forth 
worthy of its divine Spouse, and of the great 
price of its redemption. Look mercifully upon 
all the sons of this holy Mother, and gather all 
nations into their number ; that all may ac- 
knowledge, with living faith, Thee the Father, 
and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent, in the 
unity of the Holy Ghost, one God ; may call 
upon Thee with steadfast hope, and embrace 
Thee with perfect charity. Amen. 

Our Father. Hail, Mary. 

V. Behold, O Lord, and visit this vine. 

jR. And perfect that which Thy right hand 
hath planted. 

LOOK down, we beseech Thee, O Lord, 
upon this Thy family, for which our 
Lord Jesus Christ did not refuse to be delivered 
into the hands of sinners, and to undergo the 

t 

torment of the Cross ; who liveth and reigneth 
with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

Second Prayer. 
To God the Son, for the Extirpation of Heresies. 

O JESUS, the true light that enlighteneth 
every one that cometh into the world, i 



362 Indulgences. 

grant, I beseech Thee, by the inestimable virtue 
of Thy Passion and Death, that the darkness of 
heresies and errors being driven away, all may 
embrace the light of Thy truth, and be brought 
into the bosom of Thy Church. O Thou good 
♦Shepherd, who didst lay down Thy life for Thy 
sheep, protect Thy flock, and defend it from 
the violence and cunning of those who come in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening 
wolves. Grant that all may acknowledge one 
shepherd, and be of one fold. Abide with us, 
O Lord, as Thou hast said, Behold, I am with 
you all days, even to the consummation of the 
world. Make manifest that Thy Church is 
founded on a rock, and that the gates of hell 
cannot prevail against it. Amen. 

Our Father, Hail, Mary. 

V. Deliver not up to beasts of prey the souls 
that put their trust in Thee. 

R. And forget not, O Lord, forever, the 
souls of Thy poor. 

HEAR the prayers of Thy Church, O Lord, 
we beseech Thee, and turn away Thine 
anger from us ; that all adversities and errors 
being done away, we may serve Thee in free- 
dom and security ; through our Lord, etc. 



bidulgences. 363 



Third Prayer. 

To the Holy Ghost, for concord among Christian 
Princes. 

OHOLY Spirit, Spirit of love and peace, 
who hast gathered together so many and 
various nations in the unity of the faith, vouch- 
safe to grant to all Christian princes, and to 
their counsellors, the abundance of Thy grace, 
and imbue their hearts with the new command- 
ment of Thy love ; that all men may know by 
this that they are to be counted among the 
number of Thine elect, and are worthy of the 
name of Christ. Grant that they may not be 
led away through covetousness to do anything 
contrary to Thy divine glory, and the peace of 
Thy Church ; but rather may strive, with united 
efforts, to bring the people committed unto 
them, together with themselves, to the vision of 
eternal peace, and to the heavenly Jerusalem. 
Amen. 

Our Father. Hail, Mary. 

V. Let peace be in thy strength. 

R. And plenteousness in thy towers. 

OGOD, from whom all holy desires, all 
right counsels, and all just works do 



364 Indulgences. 

come, give to Thy servants that peace which the 
world cannot give, that our hearts being given 
up to obey Thy commandments, and the fear 
of our enemies being taken away, the times, by 
Thy protection, may be peaceful, through our 
Lord Jesus, who liveth, etc. 

Fourth Prayer. 

To the most Holy Trinity, offering up the Works 
prescribed for obtaining the Indulgence. 

OMOST holy Trinity, I trust I have now 
performed whatever hath been prescribed 
for obtaining a plenary indulgence for the pun- 
ishment due to my sins. I confess that any- 
wise I ought to have done all this, and much 
more, for Thy divine Majesty, being bound 
thereto under a thousand titles. It is of Thine 
infinite goodness and bountiful liberality alone 
that Thou art pleased so abundantly to remune- 
rate the worthless works of our bounden duty. 
Receive, therefore, O most Holy Trinity, these 
works that I have done, in whatever way I may 
have done them, and grant that all their defects 
may be supplied by the merits of the Passion 
and Death of Jesus Christ our Lord, and by 
His most .precious Blood which was shed for usj 



Indulgences. 



365 



and thus make me [or the soul of N. ], partaker 
of this plenary indulgence ; for which mercy, 
O Lord, may all Heaven and earth unite with 
me in giving praise and thanksgiving unto Thee 
now and forever. Amen. 

Our Father. Hail, Mary. 

The Te Deum. 




INDULGENCES) PRAYERS AFTER COM- 
MOTION, 

Prayer of St. Ignatius. 

[Indulgence of seven years and seven quaran- 
tines when said after Holy Communion. Ple- 
nary, once a month, if recited daily. 

SOUL of Christ be my sanctification ; 
Body of Christ be my salvation; 
Blood of Christ, fill all my veins ; Water 
of Christ's side, wash out my stains ; 
Passion of Christ, my comfort be ; O 
good Jesus, listen to me ; in Thy wounds 
I fain would hide ; ne'er to be parted 



Indulgenced Prayers. 



367 



from Thy side ; guard me, should the 
foe assail me ; call me when my life shall 
fail me ; bid me come to Thee, above, 
with Thy saints to sing Thy love, world 
without end. Amen. 



Prayer before a Crucifix. 

A Plenary Indulgence, applicable to the souls in 
Purgatory, when recited before a representation 
of Christ crucified, after Communion, and with 
prayers for the intention of the Supreme 
Pontiff. 

BEHOLD, O kind and most sweet Je- 
sus, I cast myself upon my knees 
in Thy sight, and with the most fervent 
desire of my soul I pray and beseech 




368 Indulgenced Prayers. 



Thee that Thou wouldst impress upon 
my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, 
and charity, with true repentance for my 
sins, and a firm desire of amendment, 
whilst with deep affection, and grief of 
soul, I ponder within myself, and men- 
tally contemplate Thy five most precious 
( wounds ; having before my eyes that 
which David spake in prophecy: "They 
pierced my hands and my feet ; they have 
numbered all my bones.' 5 

Prayer of St. Cqfetan. 

[Indulgence of seven years and seven quarantines, 
when said on any Thursday after Communion. 
Plenary the first Thursday of the month.] 

LOOK down, O Lord, from Thy sanc- 
tuary, and from Heaven, Thy 
dwelling-place, and behold this holy Vic- 
tim, which Thy holy Child Jesus, our 
Lord and great High Priest, offers up to 
Thee, for the sins of His brethren ; and 
let not Thy wrath be kindled upon us for 
the multitude of our transgressions. Be- 
hold the voice of the Blood of Jesus, our 



Indulgenced Prayers. 



369 



Brother, calls to Thee from the Cross. 
Give ear, O Lord ! be appeased, O Lord ! 
hearken and do ; and tarry not for Thine 
own sake, O my God, because Thy name 
is called upon this city, and upon Thy 
people; but deal with us according to 
Thy great mercy. Amen. 

INDULGENCES WHICH MAY BE EASILY 
GAINED. 

A PLENARY indulgence may be obtained 



ii by Confession and Communion, a visit 
to the Parish Church, or any other, and the de- 
vout recitation of five Our Fathers, Hail Marys, 
and Glory be to the Father, on any day from 
Christmas Eve to Epiphany ; from the first Sun- 
day of Lent to the second ; from Passion Sun- 
day to Maundy Thursday ; from the Vespers of 
Holy Saturday to Low Sunday ; from the first 
Vespers of Whitsunday to the last day of the 
Octave of Corpus Christi ; on the feasts of the 
Purification, Annunciation, Assumption, Na- 
tivity, and Immaculate Conception of the 
Blessed Virgin ; the feast of St. Peter and St. 
Paul, St. Michael, and All Saints, and during 
their Octaves. 24-s. Heart. 




370 Indulgenced Prayers. 



Once every month Plenary Indulgences can 
be gained by those who daily meditate for a 
quarter of an hour; say the Acts of Faith, 
Hope, and Charity, p. 100; or the Prayer Me- 
morare, p. 129 ; or that to the Guardian Angel, 
p. 74 ; ortheAngelus, Salve Regina, etc., p. 109. 





DEVOTIONS TO THE 

SACRED HEART. 



THE devotion to the Sacred Heart of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, practiced 
and encouraged by many Saints, in all ages, 
has, in these later centuries, received a new im- 
pulse from the blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, 
and is now the refuge of the Church, and of the 
faithful, in all the trials of these unhappy days. 

The object of the devotion is to honor the 
sentiments which from all eternity animated the 
Divine Word, for the glory of His Father and 
the salvation of men : to acknowledge by pious 
• practices the sentiments which he communi- 
cated to His sacred humanity from the moment 



372 Picture of the Sacred Heart. 

of His Incarnation to the consummation of the 
Mystery of Redemption, and to celebrate by 
religious exercises that charity veiled in the 
Holy Eucharist, and represented to us under 
the figure of an inflamed heart. 

The object of this devotion is to render 
homage to the love with which the Divine 
Word is perpetually inflamed, and to make rep- 
aration for the insults committed against Him 
in the sacrament of His love. This devotion 
reduces itself to two words : love and reparation. 

Picture of the Sacred Heart. 

EVERY house should be consecrated to the 
Sacred Heart, and should have a picture 
of the holy symbol of its unceasing love for us. 
Our Saviour promised the blessed Margaret 
Mary, that wherever the picture of His divine 
Heart was exposed and honored, it would draw 
down blessings of every kind. 

Pope Pius VI. granted an indulgence of seven 
years and seven quarantines to all who visit a 
picture of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, exposed 
for public veneration at any church, or oratory, 
or altar, and there pray for a time, according to 
the intention of the Pope. 



Chaplet of the Sacred Heart. 373 




THE CHAPLET OF THE SACRED HEART. 
V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 

MY most loving Jesus, my heart leaps 
for joy to think upon Thy loving 
Sacred Heart, all tenderness and sweet- 
ness for sinful man ; and with trust un- 
bounded it never doubts thy ready wel- 
come. Ah me ! my sins ! how many and 
how great ! With Peter and with Magda- 
lene, in tears I bewail and ahbor them, be- 
cause they are an offence to Thee, my 
soul and chief Good. Grant me, O grant 
me pardon for them all. O might I die or 
ever I offend Thee more : this, too, I ask 
Thy Sacred Heart, — to live to love Thee. 

Say one Our Father and five Glory be, 
etc., in honor of the Sacred Heart, then — 
My Jesu's Heart, I Thee adore ; 
O make me love Thee more and more. 



374 Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 

MY Jesu, I bless Thy most humble 
Heart ; and I give thanks to Thee, 
who, in making it my model, not only 
dost urge me with strong pleadings to 
imitate it, but at the cost of so many hu- 
miliations dost Thyself stoop to point me 
out the path, and smooth for me the way 
to follow Thee. Fool and ungrateful that 
I am, how have I wandered far away from 
Thee ! Mercy, my Jesu, mercy ! Away, 
. ye hateful pride and love of worldly 
honor; with lowly heart I would follow 
Thee, my Jesus, amidst humiliations and 
the Cross, so to gain peace and salvation. 
Only be Thou at hand to strengthen me, 
and I will ever bless Thy sacred Heart. 
One Our Father, five Glory be, etc., and 
My Jesu's Heart, etc. 

MY Jesu, I marvel at Thy most pa- 
tient Heart, and I thank Thee for 
all those wondrous examples of unwearied 
patience Thou didst leave me to guide 
me on my way. It grieves me that these 
examples still have to reproach me all in 



Chaplet of the Sacred Heart. 3/5 



vain with my extravagant delicacy, shrink- 
ing from the slightest pain. O pour then 
into my poor languid heart, dear Jesu, 
eager and enduring love of suffering and 
the Cross, of mortification and of penance, 
that, following Thee to Calvary, I may 
with Thee attain to glory, and the joys of 
Paradise. One Our Father, five Glory be, 
etc., and My Jesu's Heart, etc. 

DEAR Jesu, beside Thy gentlest Heart 
I set my own ; and shudder to see 
how unlike is mine to Thine, while at a 
shadow, look, or word, to thwart me, I 
fret and grieve. O, then, pardon my ex- 
cesses ; and give me grace, that in every 
contradiction I may follow the example 
of Thy unvaried meekness, and so enjoy 
an everlasting holy peace. Our Father, 
) five Glory be, etc., and My Jesu's Heart, 
etc. 

SIXG praise to Jesu for His most 
generous Heart, the Conqueror of 
death and hell; yet never wilt thou reach 
His due with all Thy praise. Still more 



/ 



376 Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 

than ever am I confounded, looking upon 
my coward heart which dreads even a 
rough word or injurious taunt. Courage, 
my soul ! it shall be so with me no more. 
My Jesus, I pray Thee for such strength 
that, on earth fighting and conquering self, 
I may one day rejoice triumphantly with 
Thee in Heaven. Our Father, five Glory 
be, etc., and once My Jesu's Heart, etc. 

MARY, to thee we turn; Mary, to 
thee we consecrate ourselves more 
and yet more, and trusting in thy mo- 
ther's heart we say to thee: By every 
virtue of thy sweetest heart obtain for me, 
great Mother of my God, my Mother 
Mary, a true and lasting devotion to the 
sacred Heart of Jesus, thy w r ell-beloved 
Son, that, bound up in every thought and 
affection in union with that Heart of His, 
I may fulfill each duty of my state, with 
ready heart serving my Jesus, evermore; 
but specially this day. 

V. Heart of Jesus, burning with love of us, 
R. Inflame our hearts with love of Thee. 



Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 377 



Let us pray. 

LORD, we beseech Thee, let Thy holy 
Spirit kindle in our hearts that fire 
of charity which our Lord Jesus Christ, 
Thy Son, sent forth from His inmost 
Heart upon this earth, and willed that it 
should burn exceedingly. Who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee in the unity of 
the same holy Spirit, God for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

* PRAYER TO THE ETERNAL WORD. 
The Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us.— S. John. 

ETERNAL Word made man for love 
of us, humbly prostrate at Thy 
feet we adore Thee with our soul's deep- 
est veneration ; and to repair our ingrati- 
tude towards this great boon of Thy 
incarnation, we join our poor hearts with 
the hearts of all who love Thee, offering 
Thee with them our humble prayer of 
thanksgiving and praise. Pierced with 
the thought of the exceeding great hu- 



378 Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 

mility, goodness, and tenderness which 
we behold in Thy divine Heart, we pray 
Thee of Thy grace, that in our lives, we, 
too, may be Thy followers in the prac- 
tice of these virtues, to Thee so dear. 
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, etc. 

He was crucified also for us, suffered 
under Pontius Pilate, and was buried. 

JESU, loving Saviour, humbly prostrate 
at Thy feet we adore Thee with our 
soul's deepest veneration, and to give 
i Thee proof of our real sorrow for our 
hardness of heart towards Thee, in all 
those outrages and woes which Thy loving 
Heart made Thee suffer for our salvation 
in Thy sad Passion and most bitter 
Death, we here unite ourselves w r ith the 
hearts of all who love Thee, and with 
them we give Thee thanks with our whole 
soul. We marvel at the boundless pa- 
tience and the generosity of Thy sacred 
Heart ; and we pray Thee fill our poor 
hearts with the spirit of true Christian 



Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 379 



penance, that thereby we may courage- 
ously embrace all suffering, and make 
Thy Cross our greatest comfort and our 
glory. Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be, 
etc. 

Thou didst give them bread from Heaven to 
eat, 

In whose taste was every heavenly sweetness. 

JESU, burning with love for us, hum- 
bly prostrate at Thy feet we adore 
Thee with our soul's deepest veneration ; 
and in reparation for the outrages which 
Thy sacred Heart daily receives in the 
most holy Sacrament of the altar, we 
unite ourselves with the hearts of all 
those who love Thee, and give Thee ten- 
derest thanks. We love, too, in that 
sacred Heart of Thine, the incomprehen- 
sible fire of Thy love of Thy eternal Fa- 
ther; and we pray Thee inflame our poor 
hearts with burning charity towards Thee 
and towards our neighbors. Our Father, 
Hail Maiy, Glory be, etc. 



380 Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 

LASTLY, most loving Jesu, we pray 
Thee, by the sweetness of Thy 
sacred Heart, convert the sinner, console 
the sufferer, help the dying, succor the 
souls in purgatory. Make our hearts one 
with Thine in the bonds of true peace 
and charity, deliver us from death sudden 
and unforeseen, and grant us death holy 
and peaceful. Amen. 

V. Heart of Jesus, burning with the 
love of us, 

R. Set our hearts on fire with love of 
Thee. 

Let us pray. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty 
God, that we who glory in the 
most sacred Heart of Thy well-beloved 
Son, and renew in our minds the remem- 
brance of the great benefits of His heav- 
enly charity towards us, may feel the 
delight of those same benefits by their 
operation and fruit within our souls. 
Through the same Christ our Lord. 



Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 381 



SACRED Heart of my Jesus! I adore 
Thee with the three powers of my 
soul ; I consecrate to Thee my thoughts, 
my words, my works, myself. I purpose 
to give Thee like acts of adoration, love, 
and glory, to those Thou givest Thine 
eternal Father. Be Thou, I beseech 
Thee, the reparation of my transgressions, 
the protection of my life, my refuge and 
asylum in the hour of my death. By Thy 
sighs, and by that sea of bitterness in 
which wast drowned for me throughout 
Thy whole mortal life, grant me, O grant 
me true contrition for my sins, contempt 
of earthly things, burning desire of eternal 
glory, trust in Thy boundless merits, final 
perseverance in Thy grace. 

HEART of Jesus, all love! I offer 
Thee these humble prayers for 
myself and for all who unite with me in 
spirit to adore Thee ; vouchsafe of Thy 
great goodness to hear and answer them, 
chiefly for that one of us who first shall 
close his mortal life. Sweet Heart of 



382 Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 

Jesus, pour into his heart in his death- 
agony Thine inward consolations ; take 
him within Thy sacred wounds ; cleanse 1 
him from all stains in that Furnace of 
Love that so Thou mayest soon open to 
him the gate of Thine eternal glory, there 
to intercede with Thee for all those who 
tarry yet in this their land of exile. 

HOLIEST Heart of my most loving 
Jesu ! I purpose to renew and offer 
Thee these acts of adoration and these 
I prayers for myself the wretched sinner, and 
for all who are associated with me in ado- 
ration of Thee, every moment that I live, 
down to the last moment of my life. I 
recommend to Thee, my Jesus, the holy 
Church, Thy well-beloved Spouse, my 
own true Mother, the souls who are satis- 
fying Thy justice, the sinner, the sorrow- 
ful, the dying, all men on the whole face 
! of the earth ; let not thy Blood be shed 
in vain for them ; and vouchsafe lastly to 
apply it to the relief of the souls in pur- 
gatory, and above all to those who in life 
were wont devoutly to adore Thee. 



Devotions to the Sacred Heart. 383 



_\JL amongst the hearts of all God's 
creatures art at once purest, most in- 
flamed with love for Jesus, and most 
pitiful towards us poor sinners, gain for 
us from the Heart of Jesus our Redeemer 
all the graces which we ask thee. Mo- 
ther of mercies, one throb, a single beat 
of thy burning heart offered by thee to 
the Heart of Jesus has power to console 
us to the full. Grant us, then, this favor ; 
and then the Heart of Jesus, full of that 
filial love He had for thee, and will ever 
have, will not fail to hear and answer our 
request. Amen. 




loving heart of Mary, who 





THE LITTLE OFFICE 

OF THE 

SACRED HEART. 



At Matins. 

Our Father. Hail Mary. 
V. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord. 
R. And my mouth shall announce Thy 
praise. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 

R. O Lord make haste to help me. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the 
beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world 
without end. Amen. 



Little Office of the Sacred Heart 385 

Invitatory, 

FROM all eternity, the Heart of Jesus 
hath loved us. Come, let us adore 
it. From all, etc. 

Hymn. 

VOUCHSAFE, O Jesus, to permit us 
to meditate on the mysteries of 
Thy love, and to penetrate into the in- 
terior of Thy adorable Heart. 

Thy Heart is the fountain whence pure 
souls come to draw the waters of grace. 
There they discover the hidden treasures 
of divine wisdom. 

Anthem. 

COME to me all ye that labor and are 
heavy burthened and I will refresh 
you. Take My yoke, and learn of Me 
that I am meek and humble of heart. 

V. I will make an everlasting covenant 
with my people. 

R. And I shall not cease to shower 
blessings upon them. 

25- S. Heart. 



386 Little Office of 

V. O Lord hear my prayer. 
R. And let my cry ascend unto Thy 
divine Heart. 

Let ms pray. 

GRANT, 0 Jesus, that by honoring 
Thy sacred Heart, we may learn to 
practice meekness and humility, obtain 
the peace which Thou hast promised to 
us, and find rest for our souls ; we ask 
these graces of Thee who livest and reign- 
est with the Father and the Holy Ghost, 
for ever and ever. Amen. 
V. O Lord hear my prayer ! 
R. And let my cry ascend to Thy di- 
vine Heart. 

V. Let us bless the Lord. 
R. Immortal thanks be given to Him. 
May the souls of the faithful departed 
rest in peace. Amen. 

Lauds. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 



the Sacred Heart. 387 
Hymn. 

O HEART inflamed with the most 
burning flames, Thou satisfiest 
without ceasing for our sins, and Thou 
multipliest Thy benefits for us. 

Why are we so cold, we who are the 
objects of Thy predilection ? Why this 
insensibility when Thy charity urgeth us? 

Anthem. 

THE Lord, in the excess of His love 
and mercy, has ransomed us by the 
ignominious death of the Cross. 

V. Taste and see how sweet the Lord 

is. 

R. Blessed are they who have borne 
His yoke from their youth. 

V. O Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 

Prime. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 



388 Little Office of 

Hymn. 

THE Heart of Jesus is the chosen 
temple of the Divinity ; from this 
sanctuary the incarnate Word without 
ceasing makes supplication for us to the 
heavenly Father. 

The spotless Lamb is immolated on our 
altars, and this Victim ever renewed is 
consumed in the flames of love. 

Anthem. 

MY delight is to be with the children 
of men : happy are they who keep 
My ways. 

V. How good and how merciful is the 
Heart of Jesus. 

R. How sweet it is to love it and extol 
its favors. 

V. O Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 

Tierce. 

O God incline unto my aid. 
O Lord make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 



the Sacred Heart. 389 
Hymn. 

THE bloody steel that pierced the 
side of Jesus laid open the sanctu- 
ary of grace : let the whole universe 
hasten, the gate of Heaven is open. 

Here God is not terrible as on Mount 
Sinai, He threateneth not from amid 
flames ; He is all love, He loves, and 
wishes to be loved. 

Anthem. 

EYE hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor 
hath it entered into the heart of 
man to conceive what God hath laid up 
for those that love Him. 

V. Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins, 

Sext. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 

R. O Lord make haste to help me. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Hymn. 

FROM the sacred Heart of Jesus flow 
torrents of graces : here the sick 



390 Little Office of 

find health ; the afflicted consolation ; 
the weary rest ; the poor abundance. 

Arise, sinner ! why lingerest Thou ? 
Here is the throne of clemency ; the elo- 
quent voice of the Heart of Jesus asks 
pardon for thee ; mercy disarms the jus- 
tice, which is ready to launch its thunder- 
bolts. 

Anthem. 

I HAVE planted thee myself, O be- 
loved vineyard, and I have formed 
thee of choice vines ; how then hast thou 
degenerated, and borne only bitter fruit. 

V. I have nurtured children, and filled 
them with good things. 

R. And they have despised me. 
V. Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 

Nones. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 



the Saered Heart. 



391 



Hymn. 



O JESUS ! the Divine Wisdom dwell- 
eth in Thee ; let then the grace of 
which Thy Heart is the inexhaustible 
fountain flow upon us. 

Thou art very brightness, be Thou the 
Light of our souls ; Thou art charity by 
excellence, may Thy fires consume our 
hearts. 



THOSE who seek Me with pious 
eagerness shall find Me ; if anyone 
love Me, I will love him and show Myself 
to him. 

V. O my soul, bless the Lord. 
R. And never forget the graces which 
He hath bestowed upon thee. 

V. Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 



V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 



Anthem. 




Vespers. 



392 



Little Office of 



Hy7nn. 



O JESUS, eternal source of living 
waters, open to us the sacred 
treasures of Thy divine Heart, that our 
souls may drink deep of this water, the 
virtue of God Himself. 

In the secret of Thy adorable Heart, 
far from the tumult of the world, the soul 
inundated with unspeakable delights, 
abandons itself in peace to the sweet 
sleep of love. 



YOU shall draw waters with joy out 
of the Saviour's fountains. Sing 
ye hymns to the Lord, for He hath done 
great things : show this forth in all the 
earth. 

V. Will you also, who are My children, 
forsake Me? 

R. Lord to whom shall we go ? Thou 
hast the words of eternal life. 

V. Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 



Anthem. 




the Sacred Heart, 393 



Compline, 

V, Convert us, O God, our Saviour. 
R, And turn away Thy wrath from us. 
V, O God incline unto my aid. 
R, O Lord make haste to help me. 

Hymn, 

O SWEET Jesus ! enkindle within us 
the beautiful fire which consumes 
Thee ; let an enlightened zeal inflame our 
hearts, and may the spirit which animated 
Thy works direct ours also. 

May our soul, hidden in the retreat of 
Thy Heart, live by dying to self, and 
forgetting the foolish joys of the world, 
cling to Thee for ever. 

A?ithem, 

I LIVE, no not I, but Jesus Christ in 
me; He hath loved me, and given 
Himself to ransom me. 

V, Come to Me, all ye that love Me, 
R, And I will enrich you with my 
goods. 

V, Lord, etc. Prayer as at Matins. 



394 Little Office of 

Aspiration, 

O SACRED Heart of Jesus, I im^ 
plore that I may daily love Thee 
more and more. 

Our Father. Hail Mary. I believe in 
God, etc. 

PRAYER OF THE CHURCH IN HONOR OF 
MARGARET MARY. 

OLORD Jesus Christ, who hast 
wonderfully revealed to the Blessed 
I Margaret, Virgin, the unsearchable riches 
of Thy Heart ; grant us, through her mer- 
its, and by her imitation, that loving Thee 
in all things, and above all things, we may 
; deserve to have a perpetual abode in 
Thine own sacred Heart ; who livest and 
reignest world without end. Amen. 

Words of our Lord to Margaret Mary, 

I WILL bless the houses where the pic- 
ture of My Heart shall be exposed 
and honored. 

They who will propagate this devotion, 



the Sacred Heart. 395 

shall have their names written in My 
Heart, and they shall never be effaced. 

Publish and make known everywhere, 
that I will pour forth My graces with 
abundance on those who will come to 
draw them in My Heart. 

DWELLINGS IN THE SACRED HEART OF 
JESUS. 

The entrance is through the Immaculate Heart of 
Mary. 

SUNDAY. — Enter, through Mary's heart, 
into the open Heart of Jesus, as into a 
furnace of love, in order that with the 
faithful, you may live, more and more, 
the life of pure love. 

Monday. — Enter, through Mary's heart, 
into the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as in a 
prison of love, and perform all your ac- 
tions to-day in a spirit of penance. 

Tuesday. — Enter, through Mary's heart, 
into the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as into a 
school to learn the science of the saints. 
Listen to your divine Master: Learn of 
Me to be meek and humble of heart. 



3 9 6 Little Office of the Sacred Heart. 

Wednesday. — Enter, through Marys 
heart, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As 
a voyager, intrust the conduct of every- 
thing to your divine pilot. 

Thursday. — Enter, through Mary's 
heart, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as a 
friend invited to the feast of his friend. 
Perform all your actions this day in a 
spirit of gratitude and love. 

Friday. — Enter, through Mary's heart, 
into the Sacred Heart of Jesus, therein to 
repose as a child on the bosom of its 
mother, with a sweet and filial confidence. 
Spend this day in union with Jesus, obe- 
dient to His Father, even unto the death 
of the cross. 

Saturday. — Enter, through Mary's 
heart, into the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as a 
victim. Thrice happy would you be, if 
you were soon able to say with truth : It 
is in Jesus, and through my divine Jesus, 
that I act, suffer, and love. Let this be a 
day of abnegation ; say with St. Paul : I 
die daily. — (M. Mary Alacoque.) 




LITANY OF THE SACRED HEART OF 



Christ have mercy. 

Christ have mercy. 

Lord have mercy. 

Lord have mercy. 

Christ hear us. 

Christ graciously hear us. 

God the Father of Heaven, 

Have mercy on us. 

God the Son, Redeemer of the world, 
Have mercy on us. 
God the Holy Ghost, 
Have mercy on us. 



JESUS. 




ORD have mercy. 
' Lord have mercy. 



398 Litany of the Sacred Heart. 



Holy Trinity, one God, 
Heart of Jesus, 

Heart of Jesus, hypostatically united with 
the Word of God, 

Heart of Jesus, Sanctuary of the Di- 
vinity, 

Heart of Jesus, Temple of the Holy 
Trinity, 

Heart of Jesus, Abyss of Wisdom, 
Heart of Jesus, Ocean of goodness, 
Heart of Jesus, Throne of mercy, 
Heart of Jesus, Treasure inexhaustible, 
Heart of Jesus, of whose fulness we have 

all received, 
Heart of Jesus, our Peace and our Atone- 
ment, 

Heart of Jesus, Model of all virtues, 

Heart of Jesus, infinitely loving, and in- 
finitely worthy of love, 

Heart of Jesus, Fountain of water spring- 
ing up into everlasting life, 

Heart of Jesus, in which the Father is well 
pleased, 

Heart of Jesus, the Propitiation for our 
sins, 

Heart of Jesus, filled with bitterness for 
our sakes, 



Litany of the Sacred Heart. 399 



Heart of Jesus, sorrowful in the garden 

even unto death, 
Heart of Jesus, saturated with revilings, 
Heart of Jesus, wounded with love, 
Heart of Jesus, pierced with a lance, 
Heart of Jesus, exhausted of Thy blood 

upon the Cross, 
Heart of Jesus, bruised for our sins, 
Heart of Jesus, still outraged by ungrateful 

men in the most holy Sacrament of love, 
Heart of Jesus, Refuge of sinners, 
Heart of Jesus, Strength of the weak, 
Heart of Jesus, Comfort of the afflicted, 
Heart of Jesus, Perseverance of the just, 
Heart of Jesus, Salvation of them that 

hope in Thee, 
Heart of Jesus, Hope of them that die in 

Thee, 

Heart of Jesus, sweet Support of those who 

worship Thee, 
Heart of Jesus, our Helper in our many 

and great tribulations, 
Heart of Jesus, delight of all the saints, 



Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the 

world, 
Spare us, 0 Lord. 



400 Litany of the Sacred Heart. 



Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the 
world, 

Graciously hear us, 0 Lord. 

Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the 

world, 
Have mercy on us. 
Christ hear us, 
Christ graciously hear us. 

V. Jesus who art meek and humble of heart, 
R. Make our heart like unto Thy Heart 

Let us pray. 

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty- 
God, that as, in worshipping the 
most Sacred Heart of Thy well-beloved 
Son, we call to mind the special benefits 
which His love hath bestowed upon us, so 
we may ever enjoy the fruits which flow 
therefrom. Through the same Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



APOSTOLATE OF PRAYER. 



AN ASSOCIATION ENRICHED WITH INDULGENCES, 
BY HIS HOLINESS PIUS IX., AND AP- 
PROVED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF 
ARCHBISHOPS AND 
BISHOPS. 

Animam salvasti, tuam praedestinasti. — S. 

AUGUSTIN. 

Thou hast saved a soul, thou hast predestinated 
thy own. 



THE Apostolate of prayer is one of the 
principal practices of devotion to the 
Sacred Heart of Jesus. Its object is to urge all 




2&— S. Heart 



402 Apostolate of Prayer. 



Christians to unite themselves to His Divine 
Heart, and, in union with our Blessed Redeem- 
er, to pray for all the great ends for which He 
Himself is constantly praying. 

The Apostolate imposes no other practice than 
to offer frequently, at least every morning, our 
prayers, our labors, and our sufferings for all 
the intentions of the Heart of Jesus, which are 
the conversion of infidels, heretics, and sinners, 
the advancement of the just, and the triumph of 
the Holy Church. 

In fulfilling so easy a condition, the associates 
of the Apostolate of Prayer secure for themselves 
the most precious advantages : 

1. All their good works acquire a greater 
merit and a truly apostolic efficacy. 

2. They gain all the indulgences granted to 
the Association of the Sacred Heart founded at 
Rome, and they are affiliated to the same associ- 
ation b} the fact of their being admitted to the 
Apostolate. 

3. They gain moreover several other indulg- 
ences peculiar to the Apostolate, among which 
are two plenary indulgences each month, as 
explained on the certificate of admission. 

4. They have a special participation in the 
prayers and good works of the Jesuits, of the 



Remember of our Lady. 403 

Marists, of the Picputians, of the Theatines, and 
of the Trappist monks and nuns. 

For admission into the Apostolate of Prayer, 
nothing more is required than to have one's 
name inserted in the register of the Association, 
and to receive a certificate of admission. Re- 
ligious Communities and Congregations may- 
be inscribed collectively. The inscription is 
gratuitous, as well as the granting of Diplomas 
and Certificates of admission. 



THE REMEMBER OF OUR LADY OF THE 
SACRED HEART- 

She is the hope of the hopeless. — St. Ephrem. 

A most efficacious prayer. 

REMEMBER, O our Lady of the Sa- 
cred Heart! the unlimited power 
that thou possessest over the Heart of thy 
adorable Son. Full of confidence in thy 
merits, I come to implore thy protection. 
O Sovereign Mistress of the Heart of 
Jesus ! of that Heart which is the inex- 
haustible source of all graces, and which 



404 



Remember of our Lady. 



thou canst open at thy pleasure, and cause 
all the treasures of love and mercy, of 
light and salvation, that this Heart in- 
closes, to descend upon man, grant me, I 
conjure thee, the favor I solicit. No, I 
cannot bear a refusal, and because thou 
art my mother, O our Lady of the Sacred 
Heart ! favorably receive my prayer, and 
vouchsafe to grant my petition. Amen. 

* THE CHAPLET AND PRAYERS OF THE 
SACRED HEART. 

IT) OPE PIUS VII., that he might extend 



throughout the Christian world devotion 
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, granted an In- 
dulgence of three hundred days, once a day, to 
all who say the following little Chaplet and Prayers 
to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and a Plenary In- 
dulgence, once a month. 

The Chaplet and Prayers. 

V. O God incline unto my aid. 
R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 
Glory be to the Father, etc. 




Chaplet. 40 5 

1. My most loving Jesus, my heart leaps 
for joy to think upon thy loving Sacred 
Heart, all tenderness and sweetness for 
sinful man ; and with trust unbounded it 
never doubts thy ready welcome. Ah 
me ! my sins ! how many and how great ! 
With Peter and with Magdalene, in tears 
I bewail and abhor them, because they 
are an offence to thee, my sole and chief 
good. Grant me, O grant me pardon for 
them all. O might I die if ever I offend 
thee more : this too I ask thy Sacred 
Heart — to live to love thee. 

One Our Father, five Glory be, etc., in 
honor of the Sacred Heart, then — 

My Jesu's Heart, I thee adore ; 

O make me love thee more and more. 

2. My Jesu, I bless thy most humble 
Heart ; and I give thanks to thee, who in 
making it my model not only dost urge me 
with strong pleadings to imitate it, but at 
the cost of so many humiliations dost thy- 
self stoop to point me out the path, and 
smooth for me the way to follow thee. Fool 



406 Chaplet of the 

and ungrateful that I am, how have I wan, 
dered far away from thee ! Mercy, my Jesu, 
mercy ! Away, ye hateful pride and love of 
worldly honor ; with lowly heart I would 
follow thee, my Jesus, amidst humiliations 
and the Cross, so to gain peace and salva- 
tion. Only be thou at hand to strengthen 
me, and I will ever bless thy Sacred Heart. 
One Our Father and five Glory be, etc. 

My Jesu's Heart, I thee adore ; 

O make me love thee, more and more. 

3. My Jesu, I marvel at thy most pa- 
tient Heart, and I thank thee for all those 
wondrous examples of unwearied patience, 
thou didst leave me to guide me on my 
way. It grieves me that these examples 
still have to reproach me all in vain with 
my extravagant delicacy, shrinking from 
the slightest pain. O pour, then, into my 
poor heart, dear Jesu, eager and enduring 
love of suffering and the Cross, of mortifi- 
cation and of penance, that, following thee 
to Calvary, I may with thee attain to 
glory, and the joys of Paradise. 



Sacred Heart, 407 
One Our Father and five Glory be, etc. 

My Jesu's Heart, I thee adore; 

O make me love thee, more and more. 

4. Dear Jesu, beside thy gentlest Heart 
I set my own; and shudder to see how 
unlike is mine to thine, while at a shadow, 
look or word to thwart me, I fret and 
grieve. O, then, pardon my excesses; 
and give me grace, that in every contra- 
diction I may follow the example of thy 
unvaried meekness, and so enjoy an ever- 
lasting holy peace. 

One Our Father, and five Glory be, etc. 

My Jesu's Heart, I thee adore ; 

O make me love thee, more and more. 

5. Sing praise to Jesus for his most 
generous Heart, the Conqueror of death 
and hell ; yet never wilt thou reach his 
due with all thy praise. Still more than | 
ever am I confounded, looking upon my 
coward heart which dreads even a rough 
word or injurious taunt. Courage, my 



408 Chaplet of the 

soul ! it shall be so with me no more. My 
Jesus, I pray thee for such strength that, 
on earth fighting and conquering self, I 
may one day rejoice triumphantly with 
thee in heaven. 

One Our Father and five Glory be, etc. 

My Jesu's Heart, I thee adore ; 

O make me love thee more and more. 

MARY, to thee we turn ; Mary, to thee 
we consecrate ourselves more and 
yet more, and trusting in thy Mothers 
heart we say to thee : By every virtue of 
thy sweetest heart obtain for me, great 
Mother of my God, my Mother Mary, a 
true and lasting devotion to the Sacred 
Heart of Jesus, thy well-beloved Son, 
that, bound up in every thought and af- 
fection in union with that Heart of his, I 
may fulfil each duty of my state, with 
ready heart serving my Jesus evermore ; 
but specially this day. 

V. Heart of Jesus, burning with love 
for us. 

R. Inflame our hearts with love of thee. 



Sacred Heart. 409 



Let us pray. 

LORD, we beseech thee, let thy Holy 
Spirit kindle in our hearts that fire 
of charity which our Lord Jesus Christ, 
thy Son, sent forth from his inmost Heart 
upon this earth, and willed that it should 
burn exceedingly. Who liveth and reign- 
eth with thee in the unity of the same 
Holy Spirit, God for ever and ever. Amen. 

EJACULATIONS IX HONOR OF THE SACRED HEART. 




MOST sacred Heart of Jesus ! have 
mercy on us. 



O divine Heart, wounded for love of 
us, let us ever be sensible of thy bounty, 
and let thy love ever plead in our favor. 

O Heart of Jesus, burning with love of 
us, inflame our hearts with the love of 
thee. 

Blessed be the most adorable Heart of 
Jesus, my God, for ever and ever. 

No love, no heart equals thine, most 
loving Jesus. 




THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. 




DEVOTIONS IN HONOR OF THE PRECIOUS 
BLOOD OF JESUS. 

Ejaculation. 

ETERNAL Father! I offer Thee the 
precious Blood of Jesus, in satis- 
faction for my sins, and for the wants of 
Holy Church. 

Offering of the Precious Blood. 

ETERNAL Father!- we offer Thee 
the most precious Blood of Jesus, 
shed for us with such great love and bitter 
pain from His right hand ; and through 
its merits and its might we entreat Thy 
divine Majesty to grant us Thy holy 



4 1 4 Devotion to the Precious Blood. 

benediction, that by its power we may be 
defended from all our enemies and freed 
from every ill ; whilst we say, %i Bene- 
dictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et 
Spiritus Sancti, descendat super nos, et 
maneat semper. Amen." 

Our Father, Hail Mary. Glory be, etc 




NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF LOURDES. 



The apparition of the Blessed Virgin to Bernadette 
Soubirous at Lourdes, in the Pyrenees, and the miracles 
wrought at the fountain that sprang up on the spot, 
have made it the most famous pilgrimage of our time, 
and devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes has spread through- 
out the world. 

The following or any similar prayers may be used by 
those who wish to honor our Blessed Lady under this 
title, or to seek spiritual or temporal blessings through 
her intercession. 

I. Our dear Lady of Lourdes, bless me 
and help me. Thou, whom the Saints 
declare so full of pity and clemency toward 
us, — thou, who art everywhere so confi- 
dently invoked, — thou, who didst deign 
to appear in the grotto of Lourdes a sweet 
messenger of grace and mercy, with a 
smile of maternal love on thy lips, — show 
now thy goodness toward me, thy poor 
child. Obtain for me, I beseech thee, the 
graces I stand in need of for my sanctifi- 
cation ; obtain for me patience in suffer- 
ing ; and if it be God's will obtain for me 



4i 6 Novena to Our 



restoration to health (or any other favor 
specially asked in the novena). Amen. 
Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

{Repeat three times,) 

II. Our blessed Lady of Lourdes, thou 
whose influence with Almighty God is so 
great that thy prayers are never refused, 
pity me; thy child, in my necessities. O 
Virgin most holy ! O Virgin most power- 
ful ! turn not away from me ; all un- 
worthy as I am, disdain not to plead in 
my behalf. Regard not my unworthiness, 
but only the promptings of thy own heart, 
thou who art as rich in mercy as in power. 
Use thy boundless influence to obtain for 
me patience in suffering (restoration to 
health or other favor), and the grace to 
make a good use of my health for the 
glory of God. Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 
( Three times}) 



III. Our compassionate Lady of 
Lourdes, who hast shown thy affection 



Lady of Lourdes. 4 1 7 



for poor sinners by commanding Bern*a- 
dette to pray for them and to induce 
others to pray for them, display thy com- 
passion now toward me. O my Mother 
and my advocate, I know my sins render 
me unworthy to approach thee ; but I 
know also, sweet Refuge of Sinners, that 
thy goodness will not reject me. I come 
to thee, then, with humble confidence. I 
lay all my miseries before thee, and im- 
plore thy help. Above all things, obtain 
for me true repentance of my sins, and 
entire pardon for them. And if it be the 
holy will of God, obtain for me restora- 
tion to health (or other favor), and the 
grace to make a good use of it for the 
glory of God. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

IV. O blessed Lady of Lourdes, I come 
to claim some part in thy compassion and 
goodness. Remember that thy mercy has 
never been wanting to any one. Let me 
even remind thee that all thy gifts of grace 
and glory, even thy divine maternity, thou 

27— S. Heart. 



41 8 Novena to Otcr 

owest all in a certain sense to poor sin- 
ners, since it was for sinners that God be- 
came thy Son. Look on me, then, O 
Mary, bless me, and help me. Obtain for 
me purity of soul and health of body. 
| Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

V. O our Lady of Lourdes, special 
protectress of France, we all unite in 
thanking thee for thy goodness to that 
favored country. Be her protectress es- 
pecially in these troublous times ; dispel 
the cloud of sin and infidelity that now 
hangs over her, and make her shine more 
brightly than ever with the light of faith 
and virtue. We thank thee too for the 
blessings which thou dost scatter over the 
whole world, from her shrines, and espe- 
cially from Lourdes. Deign, dear Mother, 
to let me now partake of those bless- 
ings, both spiritual and temporal. O, if 
it be the will of God, obtain for me 
restoration to health ; but if that should 
be a danger to my soul, I ask only for 



Lady of Lotcrdes. 419 

resignation and patience unto the end. 
Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

VI. O our sweet Lady of Lourdes, the 
bitter cup of suffering was ever at thy 
lips during thy whole life, yet thou didst 
never murmur. Alas ! how different 
have been my dispositions ! With all my 
heart I regret my want of generosity 
and resignation, and I now desire to do 
better. Obtain for me the courage and 
patience that I need in all my trials, and 
especially in these present sufferings. I 
offer them up through thy hands in atone- 
ment for my sins, and for the good of the 
holy Church. Deign, dear Lady of 
Lourdes, to obtain my cure. But should 
that not be most profitable to my soul, 
obtain for me perfect resignation and pa- 
tience. Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

VII. O our dear Lady of Lourdes, who 
didst say to Bernadette, " I promise to 



42 o Novena to Ottr 

make thee happy, not in this world, but in 
the world to come," help me to be less 
intent upon the things of this life, and 
more desirous of the happiness of heaven. 
Make me understand what treasures are 
hidden in suffering, that I may not lose 
them. Enable me to appreciate aright 
the strengthening and sanctifying sacra- 
ments, that I may receive them devoutly 
and profitably. By thy bitter sufferings 
at the foot of the Cross, obtain for me 
patience in my sufferings, and, if it be the 
holy will of God, restoration to health. 
Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

VIII. O our blessed Lady of Lourdes, 
the Immaculate Conception, Virgin most 
pure and spotless, obtain for me grace to 
be chaste, to avoid all occasions of sin, 
and always to have recourse to prayer 
when tempted by the devil, the world, 
or the flesh. Let me rather die than 
live to commit sin. But if it be the 
holy will of God, O, obtain for me my 



Lady of Lourdes. 421 

health, and grace to make use of it for 
practising virtue and gaining heaven. 
Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 

IX. 0 our Lady of Lourdes, who hast 
so strongly commended penance, help me 
to accept, as I should, the penance which 
God sends me, and profit by the sufferings 
I have to bear. Enable me to understand 
fully the wickedness of sin, and its ter- 
rible consequences in this life and the 
life to come. And may this knowledge 
make me eager to do all possible penance 
for the sins I have committed, and careful 
never to relapse into them. May this 
holy novena lastingly increase my devo- 
tion toward thee, dear Mother. Now at 
its close I again beseech thee, if it be for 
the best, to obtain my restoration to 
health, though I add, in the sincerity of 
my soul, not my will, but God's will and 
thine, be done. Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 



422 Novena to Our 

Conclusion. 

O Immaculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, 
Health of the weak, Refuge of sinners, 
Comforter of the afflicted, thou knowest 
our needs and our sufferings. Deign to 
look on us pityingly, and help us boun- 
tifully. By appearing in the grotto of 
Lourdes, thou hast shown that thou didst 
wish it to be a favored spot, whence thou 
shouldst lavish thy favors with special 
abundance. Already very many have 
found there health both of soul and body. 
Though we are distant from that holy 
place, yet even from afar we call to thee, 
O dear Lady of Lourdes, and ask that we 
may share in those blessings. Hear our 
humble prayer, O loving and beloved 
Mother ; help us in our bodily necessities 
and spiritual infirmities ; may our grati- 
tude for thy favors make us still more 
careful to imitate thy virtues all our life, 
that so we may one day share with thee 
in the glory of heaven. Amen. 

Our dear Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. 



Lady of Lourdes. 423 

CONFRATERNITY OF THE IMMACULATE 
CONCEPTION, 

established in the Church of the Grotto of Lourdes, 
Dec. 8th, 1872, by Mgr. Pichenot. 



1. All persons without distinction are 
admitted to membership. 

2. The person's name in full must be 
sent to the Superior of the Missionaries at 
Lourdes, France. (No other direction 
is necessary.) 

3. A card of admission, indicating the 
conditions to be complied with, is sent to 
each applicant. 

4. A mass is offered up daily in the 
church of our Lady of Lourdes for the 
Pope, for France, and for all the members 
of the confraternity. 



*THE ROSARY 

OF THE 

BLESSED TIEGIK 



The devotion of the Rosary consists of fifteen Our 
Fathers, and one hundred and fifty Hail Marys, divided 
into three parts, each containing five Decades. To 
each of these Decades is assigned one of the principal 
mysteries of the life of our Saviour, or of his Blessed 
Mother, as a matter of meditation, whereon the mind 
is to exercise itself whilst at prayer. 

The fifteen mysteries are divided into three parts, viz., five 
Joyful, five Sorrowful, and five Glorious mysteries. 
Now the method consists in raising corresponding af- 
fections in the will during the recital of each Decade, 
for example, in the first part, sentiments of joy for the 
coming of our Redeemer ; in the second, of compassion 



The Rosary. 425 



for the sufferings of our Lord, and contrition for our 
sins, which were the occasion of them ; in the third, 
of thanksgiving for the exaltation for the glory of oar 
Saviour and his blessed Mother, hoping, through the 
merits of his passion, and her intercession, to be made 
partakers of their glory. 

Part i. 

The Five Joyful Mysteries. 

For Mondays and Thursdays ; Sundays in Advent, 
and after Epiphany till Lent. 

IN the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
V. Hail, Mary, full of grace, our Lord is 
with thee. 

R. Blessed art thou amongst women, and 
blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. 

V. Thou, O Lord, wilt open my lips. 

R. And my tongue shall pronounce thy 
praise. 

V. Incline unto my aid, O God. 
R. O Lord make haste to help me. 
V. Glory be to the Father, and to the 
Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

R. As it was in the beginning, is now, 



426 Rosary of the 



and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

From Septuagesima to Easter, instead of Alleluia, say : 
Praise be to thee, O Lord, King of eternal glory. 

I. The Annunciation. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
angel Gabriel saluted our blessed Lady with the 
title, Full of Grace, and declared unto her the 
incarnation of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ. 

Then say Our Father, etc., once ; Hail Mary, ten times ; 
Glory, etc., once. 

The Prayer. 




HOLY Mary, Queen of Virgins, by 
the most high mystery of the incar- 



nation of thy beloved Son, our Lord Jesus 
Christ, by which our salvation was so 
happily begun ; obtain for us, by thy inter- 
cession, light to know this so great benefit 
which he hath bestowed on us, vouchsafing 
in it to make himself our brother, and thee, 
his own most beloved Mother, our Mother 
also. Amen. 



_ 



Blessed Virgin. 



427 



II. The Visitation. 



Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
Blessed Virgin War}', understanding from the 
angel that her cousin St. Elizabeth had conceived, 
went with haste into the mountains of Juda to 
visit her, and remained with her three months. 

Our Father, etc. , etc. , as before. 



HOLY Virgin, most spotless mirror 



of humility, by that exceeding char- 
ity which moved thee to visit thy holy 
cousin, St. Elizabeth, obtain for us, by thy 
intercession, that our hearts may be so 
visited by thy most holy Son, that, being 
free from all sin, we may praise him and 
give him thanks forever. Amen. 



Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, when the time of her de- 
livery was come, brought forth our Redeemer, 
Christ Jesus, at midnight, and laid him in a man- 



The Prayer. 




III. The Nativity. 



428 Rosary of the 



ger, because there was no room for him in the 
inns at Bethlehem. 
Our Father, etc., etc. 

The Prayer. 

OMOST pure Mother of God, by thy 
virginal and most joyful delivery, 
by which thou gavest unto the world thy 
Son our Saviour; we beseech thee, obtain 
for us, by thy intercession, grace to lead 
so pure and holy a life in this world, that 
we may worthily sing without ceasing, 
both by day and night, the mercies of 
thy Son, and his benefits to us by thee. 
Amen. 

IV. The Presentation. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
most blessed Virgin Mary, on the day of her 
purification, presented the child Jesus in the tem- 
ple, where Holy Simeon, giving thanks to God 
with great devotion, received him into his arms. 

Our Father, etc., etc. 



Blessed Virgin. 429 



The Prayer. 

OHOLY Virgin, and admirable mis- 
tress and pattern of obedience, who 
didst present in the temple, the Lord of 
the temple : obtain for us, of thy beloved 
Son, that with holy Simeon and devout 
Anna, we may praise, and glorify him for- 
ever. Amen. 

V. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the 
Temple. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
blessed Virgin Mary, having lost her beloved 
Son in Jerusalem, sought him, for the space of 
three days, and at length found him the fourth 
day in the Temple, in the midst of the doctors, 
disputing with them, being then but twelve 
years old. 

Our Father, etc., etc. 

The Prayer. 

MOST blessed Virgin, more than mar- 
tyr in thy sufferings, and yet the 
comfort of such as are afflicted, by that 
unspeakable joy wherewith thy soul was 
ravished in finding thy beloved Son in the 



43° Rosary of the 

Temple, in the midst of the doctors, dis- 
puting with them ; obtain of him for us, so 
to seek him and to find him in the Holy 
Catholic Church, that we may never be 
separated from him. Amen. 

The Salve Regixa. 

HAIL! Queen, Mother of Mercy, our 
Life, our Sweetness, and our Hope. 
Hail ! Exiles, children of Eve, we cry to 
thee ; to thee we sigh, mourning and 
weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, 
most gracious advocate, turn thou upon us 
the eyes of thy tender mercy, and after this 
our exile ended, show unto us Jesus, the 
blessed fruit of thy womb. O gentle, O 
tender, O sweet Virgin Mary. 

V. Pray for us, 0 holy Mother of God. 
R. That we may be made worthy of the 
promises of Christ. 

Let us pray. 

HEAR, O merciful God, the prayers of 
thy servants, that we who meet to- 



Blessed Virgin. 431 

gether in the society of the most holy 
Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mother of 
God, may, through her intercession, be 
delivered by thee from the dangers that 
continually hang over us. Amen. 

O God whose only-begotten Son, by his 
life, death, and resurrection, has purchased 
for us the rewards of eternal life, grant, we 
beseech thee, that meditating upon those 
mysteries of the most holy Rosary of the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, we may imitate what 
they contain, and obtain what they prom- j 
ise ; through the same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

PART II. 

The Five Dolorous or Sorrowful 
Mysteries. 

For Tuesdays and Fridays, and for Sundays in 
Lent. 

IX the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
Hail Mary, etc., etc., as before, p. 395. 



43 2 Rosary of the 

I. The Prayer and Bloody Sweat of our 
Blessed Saviour in the Garden. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ was so afflicted for us in the I 
Garden of Gethsemane, that his body was bathed 
in a bloody sweat, which ran trickling down 
with great drops to the ground, 

Our Father, etc., once, Hail Mary, etc., ten 
times, Glory, etc., once, as before. 

The Prayer. 

MOST holy Virgin, more than martyr, 
by that ardent prayer, which thy 
beloved Son poured forth unto his Father ! 
in the garden, vouchsafe to intercede for 
us, that our passions being reduced to the 
obedience of reason, we may always, and 
in all things, conform and subject ourselves 
to the will of God. Amen. 

II. The Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ was most cruelly scourged in 
Pilate's house, the number of stripes they gave 



Blessed Virgin. 433 



him being about five thousand, as it was revealed 
to St. Bridget. 

Our Father, etc., etc. 



MOTHER of God, overflowing foun- 



tain of patience, by those stripes thy 
only and most beloved Son vouchsafed to 
suffer for us, obtain of him for us, grace, 
that we may know how to mortify our rebel- 
lious senses, and cut off all occasions of 
sinning with that sword cf grief and com- 
passion which pierced thy most tender 
soul. Amen. 

III. The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how those 
cruel ministers of Satan platted a crown of 
sharp thorns, and most cruelly pressed it on 
the most sacred head of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Our Father, etc. , etc. 



O MOTHER of our eternal Prince, 
and King of Glory, by those sharp 
thorns wherewith his most holy head was 



The Prayer. 




The Prayer. 



26— S, Heart. 



434 Rosary of the 

pierced, we beseech thee that, by thy in- 
tercession, we may be delivered here from 
all motions of pride, and in the day of 
judgment from that confusion which our 
sins deserve. Amen. 

IV. Jesus Carrying His Cross. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ, being sentenced to die, bore 
with great patience the Cross which was laid upon 
him for his greater torment and ignominy. 

Our Father, etc. , etc. 

The Prayer. 

OHOLY Virgin, example of patience, 
by the most painful carrying of the 
Cross, on which thy Son our Lord Jesus 
Christ bore the heavy weight of our sins, 
obtain for us of him, by thy intercession, 
courage and strength to follow his steps, 
and bear our cross after him to the end of 
our lives. Amen. 

V. The Crucifixion. 
Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ, being come to Mount Calvary, 
was stripped of his clothes, and his hands and 



Blessed Virgin. 43 5 



feet most cruelly nailed to the Cross, in the pres- 
ence of his most afflicted Mother. 
Our Father, etc. , etc. 

The Prayer. 

HOLY Mary, Mother of God, as the 
Body of thy beloved Son was for 
us extended on the Cross, so may our de- 
sires be daily more and more stretched 
out in his service, and our hearts wounded 
with compassion of his most bitter passion ; 
and thou, O most blessed Virgin, vouch- 
safe to negotiate for and with us the work 
of our salvaticfn, by thy powerful inter- 
cession. Amen. 

Hail, holy Queen, etc., with the verse 
and prayer, as before, p. 430. 

PART III, 

The Five Glorious Mysteries. 

For Wednesdays and Saturdays, and for Sundays 
after Easter until Advent. 

IN the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
Hail Mary, etc., etc., as before, p. 



436 Rosary of the 



I. The Resurrection. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ, triumphing gloriously over 
death, rose again the third day, immortal and 
impassible. 

Our Father, etc. , etc. 

The Prayer. 

O GLORIOUS Virgin Mary, by that 
unspeakable joy thou receivecist in 
the resurrection cf thy only beloved Son, 
we beseech thee, obtain of him for us, that 
our hearts may never go astray after the 
false joys of this world, but may be ever 
and wholly employed in pursuit of the 
only true and solid joys of Heaven. 
Amen. 

II. The Ascension. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ, forty davs after his resurrec- 
tion, ascended to Heaven, attended by angels, in 
sight of his most Holy Mother, and his apostles 
and disciples, to the great admiration of them 
all. 

Our Father, etc. , eta 



Blessed Virgin* 437 

The Prayer. 

O MOTHER of God, comfort of the 
afflicted, as thy beloved Son, when 
he ascended into Heaven, lifted up his 
hands and blessed his apostles, so vouch- 
safe, most Holy Mother, to lift up thy 
pure hands to him for us, that we may en- 
joy the benefit of his blessing here on 
earth, and hereafter in Heaven. Amen. 

III. The Descent of the Holy Ghost. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how our 
Lord Jesus Christ, being seated at the right hand 
of God, sent (as he had promised) the Holy 
Ghost upon his apostles, who, after he had as- 
cended, returning to Jerusalem, continued in 
prayer and supplication with the Blessed Virgin 
Mary, expecting the performance of his promise. 

Our Father, etc. , etc. 

The Prayer. 

O SACRED Virgin, tabernacle of the 
Holy Ghost, we beseech thee obtain 
by thy intercession, that this most sweet 
Comforter, whom thy beloved Son sent 



I 438 



Rosary of the 



down upon his apostles, filling- them 
thereby with spiritual joy, may teach us 
in this world the true way of salvation, 
and make us walk in the paths of virtue 
and good w r orks. Amen. 



Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
glorious Virgin, twelve years after the resurrection 
of her Son, passed out of this world unto him, 
and was by him assumed into Heaven, accom- 
panied by the holy angels. 

Our Father, etc., etc. 



MOST prudent Virgin, who, entering 



into the heavenly palace, didst fill 
the holy angels with joy, and man with 
hope ; vouchsafe to intercede for us in the 
hour of death, that, being free from the 
illusions and temptations of the Devil, we 
may joyfully and securely pass out of this 
temporal state, to enjoy the happiness of 
eternal life. Amen. 



IV. The Assumption. 



The Prayer. 




Blessed Virgin. 439 

V. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin. 

Let us contemplate in this mystery, how the 
glorious Virgin Mary was, with great jubilee and 
exultation of the whole court of Heaven, and 
particular glory of all the saints, crowned by her 
Son with the brightest diadem of glory. 

Our Father, etc., etc. 

The Prayer. 

O GLORIOUS Queen of all the 
heavenly citizens, we beseech thee 
accept this Rosary, which (as a crown 
of roses) we offer at thy feet ; and grant, 
most gracious Lady, that by thy interces- j 
sion, our souls may be inflamed with so 1 
ardent a desire of seeing thee so gloriously 
crowned, that it may never die in us, until 
it shall be changed into the happy fruition 
of thy blessed sight. Amen. 

Hail, holy Queen, with the Verse and 
Prayer, as before, p. 430. 




CONFRATERNITY OF THE LIVING 
ROSARY. 



HE object is to recite the Rosary, 



X in circles of fifteen, each member 
reciting one decade, with the Our Father 
and a Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Indulgences. — Plenary, on first festival 
after admission, on the third Sunday in 
each month, Christmas, Circumcision, 
Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Corpus 
Christi, Pentecost and Trinity, and on all 
the Festivals of the Blessed Virgin. Partial 
indulgences, one hundred days each day if 
part recited. 

Confraternity of the Scapular of Mount 
CarmeL 

THIS Confraternity was founded by 
and is connected with the Carmelite 





Confraternities. 44 *' 

Order, in whose merits it partakes. The 
members of this Confraternity wear a 
scapular over the shoulder, which must be 
blessed the first time. 

No special devotions are prescribed, ex- 
cept to gain the Sabbatine Indulgence. For 
this, the member must observe chastity, 
according to his state of life, and daily rec- 
ite the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin, 
as well as abstain from flesh-meat on Wed- 
nesdays and Saturdays, unless his confessor 
appoint one or the other of the two last^ 

Indulgences. — Plenary, on admission, on 
feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel, or any 
day in the octave, on all the festivals of 
Our Lord, the Blessed Virgin, or the 
twelve apostles, as well as Saints and Be- 
atified members of the Carmelite Order. 
There is also a plenary indulgence any 
two days in each week at option, and at 
death. Also, in each month, by assist- 
ing at the usual procession in honor of 
the Blessed Virgin, and when any other 
Confraternity has an indulgence. A visit 
to a Church is a condition in all these. 



LITTLE OFFICE 



OF THE 

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. 



AT MATINS. 

COME, my lips, and wide proclaim 
The blessed Virgin's spotless fame. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 



Immaculate Conception. 443 



From Septuagesima to Easter, instead of Alleluia is 
said : 

PRAISE be to thee, O Lord, King 
of everlasting glory. 

Hymn. 

HAIL, Queen of the heavens ! 
Hail, Mistress of earth ! 
Hail, Virgin most pure, 

Of immaculate birth ! 

Clear star of the morning, 

In beauty enshrined J 
O Lady, make speed 

To the help of mankind. 

Thee God in the depth 

Of eternity chose ; 
And formed thee all fair 

As his glorious Spouse ; 

And called thee his Word's 

Own Mother to be, 
By whom he created 

The earth, sky, and sea. 

Amen. 



V. God elected her, and pre-elected 
her. 



444 Little Office of the 



R. He made her to dwell in his taber- 
nacle. 

V. O Lady, hear my prayer, 

R. And let my cry come unto thee. 

Let us pray. 

HOLY Mary, Queen of Heaven, 
Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and Mistress of the world, who forsakest 
no one, and despisest no one ; look upon 
me, O Lady, with an eye of pity, and en- 
treat for me, of thy beloved Son, the for- 
giveness of all my sins : that as I now cel- 
ebrate with devout affection thy holy and 
Immaculate Conception, so, hereafter, I 
may receive the prize of eternal blessed- 
ness, by the grace of him whom thou, in 
virginity, didst bring forth, Jesus Christ 
our Lord : who, with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, in per- 
fect Trinity, God, world without end. 
Amen. 

- V. O Lady, hear my prayer, 

R. And let my cry come unto thee. 
V. Let us bless the Lord. 





- 

Immaculate Conception, ^5 






R. Thanks be to God. 
V. May the souls of the faithful, 
through the mercy of God, rest in peace, 
R. Amen. 






AT PRIME. 






V. 0 Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 






Hymn. 






T TAIL, Virgin most wise ! 
JLJ. Hail Deity's shrine ! 
"With seven fair pillars, 

And table divine ! 






Preserved from the guilt 

Which hath come on us all ! 
Exempt, in the womb, 

From the taint of the Fall • 






G new star of Jacob ! 

Of Angels the Queen ! 
0 gate of the Saints ! 

0 mother of men ! 







446 Little Office of the 

O terrible as 

The embattled array ! 
Be thou of the faithful 

The refuge and stay. 

Amen. 

V. The Lord himself created her in the 
Holy Ghost. 

R. And poured her out among all his 
works. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 

AT TIERCE. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father etc. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 



H' 



[AIL, Solomon's throne ! 
Pure ark of the law ! 
Fair rainbow and bush ! 

Which the Patriarch saw. 



Hail, Gedeon's fleece ! 

Hail, blossoming rod ! 
Samson's sweet honeycomb ! 

Portal of God ! 



Immaculate Conception. 447 



Well fitting it was, 

That a Son so divine 
Should preserve from all touch 

Of original sin ; 

Nor suffer by smallest 

Defect to be stained, 
That Mother, whom he 

For himself had ordained. 

Amen. 

V. I dwell in the highest. 

R. And my throne is on the pillar of 
the clouds. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 

AT SEXT. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

HAIL, virginal Mother ! 
Hail, purity's cell ! 
Fair shrine where the Trinity 
Loveth to dwell ) 



448 Little Office of the 

Hail, garden of pleasure ! 

Celestial balm ! 
Cedar of chastity } 

Martyrdom's palm ! 

Thou land set apart 

From uses profane ! 
And free from the curse 

Which in Adam began ! 

Thou city of God ! 

Thou gate of the east ! 
In thee is all grace, 

O joy of the blest ! 

Amen. 

V. As the lily among the thorns, 
R. So is my beloved among the daugh- 
ters of Adam. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 

AT NONE. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 



Immaculate Conception. 449 



Hymn. 

HAIL, city of refuge ! 
Hail, David's high tower ! 
With battlements crowned 

And girded with power ! 

Filled at thy Conception 

With love and with light ! 
The dragon by thee 

Was shorn of his might. 

O woman most valiant ! 

O Judith thrice blest ! 
As David was nursed 

In fair Abisag's breast 

As the saviour of Egypt 

Upon Rachel's knee : 

So the world's great Redeemer 
Was cherished by thee. 

Amen. 



V. Thou art all fair, my beloved, 
R. And the original stain was never in 
thee. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 



29— S. Heart. 



45o Little Office of the 



AT VESPERS, 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend 
me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

HAIL, dial of Achaz! 
On thee the true sun 
Told backward the course 

"Which from old he had run ! 

And, that man might be raised, 

Submitting to shame, 
A little more low 

Than the Angels became. 
Thou, wrapt in the blaze 

Of his infinite light, 
Dost shine as the morn 

On the confines of night ; 

As the moon on the lost 

Through obscurity dawns ; 

The serpent's destroyer ! 

A lily 'mid thorns. 

Amen. 



Immaculate Conception. 45 1 

V. I made an unfailing light to arise in 
heaven, 

R. And as a mist I overspread the 
whole earth. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 

AT COMPLINE. 

V. May Jesus Christ, thy Son, recon- 
ciled by thy prayers, O Lady, convert our 
hearts, 

R. And turn away his anger from us. 

V. O Lady, make speed to befriend me. 

R. From the hands of the enemy might- 
ily defend me. 

V. Glory be to the Father, etc. Alle- 
luia. 

Hymn. 

HAIL, Mother most pure ! 
Hail, Virgin renowned ! 
Hail, Queen with the stars 

As a diadem crowned I 

Above all the Angels 

In glory untold, 
Standing next to the King 

In a vesture of gold ! 

■ 



452 



Immaculate Conception. 



O Mother of mercy I 

O star of the wave ! 

O hope of the guilty ! 

O light of the grave. 

Through thee may we come 
To the haven of rest ! 

And see heaven's King 

In the courts of the blest ! 

Amen. 



V. Thy name, O Mary, is as oil poured 
out. 

R. Thy servants have loved thee ex- 
ceedingly. 

V. O Lady, hear, etc. (with the Prayer 
and Versicles, as at p. 444). 



JL I lay at thy feet, 
O Virgin of Virgins ! 

O Mary most sweet ! 

Be thou my true guide 

Through this pilgrimage here ; 
And stand by my side 

When death draweth near. 



THE COMMENDATION. 




V. Thanks be to God. 




THE 

SEVEN PENITENTIAL 
PSALMS. 

Proper to be recited on Fasting Days, and at 
other penitential Times. 

Anth. Remember not, O Lord, our offences, 
nor those of our parents, and take not re- 
venge on our sins. 



o 

wrath. 



Psalm vi. Domine, ne in furore* 

LORD rebuke me not in thy indig- 
nation, nor chastise me in thy 



454 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am 
weak : heal me, 0 Lord, for my bones are 
troubled. 

And my soul is troubled exceedingly ; 
but thou, 0 Lord, how long ? 

Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my 
soul ; 0 save me for thy mercy's sake. 

For there is no one in death that is 
mindful of thee, and who shall confess to 
thee in hell. 

I have labored in my groaning ; every 
night I will wash my bed, I will water my 
couch with my tears. 

My eye is troubled with indignation : I 
have grown old among all my enemies. 

Depart from me, all ye workers of ini- 
quity : for the Lord hath heard the voice 
of my weeping. 

The Lord hath heard my supplication : 
the Lord hath received my prayer. 

Let my enemies be ashamed, and be 
very much troubled : let them be turned 
back, and be ashamed very speedily. 
Glory be, etc. 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 455 



Psalm xxxi. Beati quorum. 

BLESSED are they whose iniquities 
are forgiven, and whose sins are 
covered. 

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord 
hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit 
there is no guile. 

Because I was silent, my bones grew 
old ; whilst I cried out all the day long. 

For day and night thy hand was heavy 
upon me : I am turned in my anguish, 
whilst the thorn is fastened. 

I have acknowledged my sin to thee ; 
and my injustice I have not concealed. 

I said: I will confess against myself my 
injustice to the Lord, and thou hast for- 
given the wickedness of my sin. 

For this shall every one that is holy 
pray to thee, in a seasonable time. 

And yet in a flood of many waters, they 
shall not come nigh unto him. 

Thou art my refuge from the trouble 
which hath encompassed me : my joy, de- 
liver me from them that surround me. 



456 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

I will give thee understanding, and I 
will instruct thee in this way in which 
thou shalt go ; I will fix my eyes upon 
thee. 

Do not become like the horse and the 
mule, that have no understanding. 

With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, 
who come not near unto thee. 

Many are the scourges of the sinner, 
but mercy shall encompass him that 
hopeth in the Lord. 

Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye 
just : and glory all ye right of heart. 
Glory be, etc. 

Psalm xxxvii. Domine, ne in furore. 
~P) EBUKE me not, O Lord, in thy in- 



wrath. 

For thy arrows are fastened in me ; and 
thy hand hath been strong upon me. 

There is no health in my flesh, because 
of thy wrath ; there is no peace for my 
bones, because of my sins. 

For my iniquities are gone over my 




chastise me in thy 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 457 

head ; and as a heavy burden are become 
heavy upon me. 

My sores are putrefied and corrupted, 
because of my foolishness. 

I am become miserable, and am bowed 
down even to the end ; I walked sorrow- 
ful all the day long. 

For my loins are filled with illusions ; 
and there is no health in my flesh. 

I am afflicted and humbled exceeding- 
ly ; I roared with the groaning of my 
heart. 

Lord, all my desire is before thee : and 
my groaning is not hid from thee. 

My heart is troubled, my strength hath 
left me, and the light of my eyes itself is 
not with me. 

My friends and my neighbors have 
drawn near, and stood against me. 

And they that were near me stood afar 
off : and they that sought my soul used 
violence. 

And they that sought evils to me spoke 
vain things, and studied deceits all the 
day long. 



458 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

But I, as a deaf man, heard not : and 
was as a dumb man not opening his 
mouth. 

And I became as a man that heareth 
not ; and that hath no reproofs in his 
mouth. 

For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped ; 
thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God. 

For I said : Lest at any time my en- 
emies rejoice over me : and whilst my 
feet are moved, they speak great things 
| against me. 

For I am ready for scourges ; and my 
sorrow is continually before me. 

For I will declare my iniquity ; and I 
will think for my sin. 

But my enemies live, and are stronger 
than I ; and they that hate me wrongfully 
are multiplied. 

They that render evil for good, have de- 
tracted me, because I followed goodness. 

Forsake me not, O Lord my God ; do 
not thou depart from me. 

Attend unto my help, O Lord the God 
of my salvation. Glory be, etc. 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 459 

Psalm l. Miserere. 

HAVE mercy on me, O God, according 
to thy great mercy. 
And according to the multitude of thy 
tender mercies, blot out my iniquity. 

Wash me yet more from my iniquity, 
and cleanse me from my sin. 

For I know my iniquity, and my sin is 
always before me. 

To thee only have I sinned, and have 
done evil before thee ; that thou mayest 
be justified in thy words, and mayest over- 
come when thou art judged. 

For behold I was conceived in iniquities ; 
and in sins did my mother conceive me. 

For behold that thou hast loved truth ; 
the uncertain and hidden things of thy 
wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. 

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, 
and I shall be cleansed ; thou shalt wash 
me, and I shall be made whiter than 
snow. 

To my hearing thou shalt give joy and 
gladness, and the bones that have been 
humbled shall rejoice. 



460 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

Turn away thy face from my sins, and 
blot out all my iniquities. 

Create a clean heart in me, O God ; and 
renew a right spirit within my bowels. 

Cast me not away from thy face ; and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore unto me the joy of thy salva- 
tion, and strengthen me* with a perfect 
spirit. 

I will teach the unjust thy ways ; and 
the wicked shall be converted to thee. 

Deliver me from blood, O God, thou 
God of my salvation ; and my tongue shall 
extol thy justice. 

O Lord, thou wilt open my lips ; and 
my mouth shall declare thy praise. 

For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I 
would indeed have given it ; with burnt- 
offerings thou wilt not be delighted. 

A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit ; 
a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou 
wilt not despise. 

Deal favorably, O Lord, in thy good- 
will with Sion ; that the walls of Jerusalem 
may be built up. 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 461 

Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of 
justice, oblations, and whole burnt-offer- 
ings ; then shall they lay calves upon thy 
alter. Glory be, etc. 

Psalm ci. Domine, Exaudu 

HEAR, O Lord, my prayer, and let my 
cry come to thee. 
Turn not away thy face from me ; in 
the day when I am in trouble, incline thy 
ear to me. 

In what day soever I shall call upon 
thee, hear me speedily. 

For my days are vanished like smoke; 
and my bones are grown dry like fuel for 
the fire. 

I am smitten as grass, and my heart is 
withered ; because I forgot to eat my bread. 

Through the voice of my groaning my 
bone hath cleaved to my flesh. 

I am become like to a pelican of the 
wilderness ; I am like a night-raven in the 
house. 

I have watched and am become as a spar- 
row, all alone on the house-top. 



462 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

All the day long my enemies reproach 
me, and they that praised me did swear 
against me. 

For I did eat ashes like bread; and 
mingled my drink with weeping. 

Because of thy anger and indignation ; 
for having lifted me up thou hast thrown 
me down. 

My days have declined like a shadow ; 
and I am withered like grass. 

But thou, O Lord, endurest forever; and 
thy memorial to all generations. 

Thou shalt arise and have mercy on 
Sion, for it is time to have mercy on it, 
for the time is come. 

For the stones thereof have pleased thy 
servants, and they shall have pity on the 
earth thereof. 

And the Gentiles shall fear thy name, O 
Lord ; and all the kings of the earth thy 
glory. 

For the Lord hath built up Sion ; and 
he shall be seen in his glory. 

He hath had regard to the prayer of 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 463 

the humble ; and he hath not despised 
their petition. 

Let these things be written unto another 
generation : and the people that shall be 
created shall praise the Lord. 

Because he hath looked forth from his 
high sanctuary : from heaven the Lord 
hath looked upon the earth. 

That he might hear the groans of them 
that are in fetters : that he might release 
the children of the slain. 

That they may declare the name of the 
Lord in Sion, and his praise in Jerusalem. 

When the peoples assembled* together, 
and kings to serve the Lord. 

He answered him in the way of his 
strength : declare unto me the fewness of 
my days. 

Call me not away in the midst of my 
days : thy years are unto generation and 
generation. 

In the beginning, O Lord, thou found- 
edst the earth : and the heavens are the 
works of thy hands. 

They shall perish, but thou remainest : 



i 464 Seven Penitential Psalms. 

and all of them shall grow old like a gar- 
ment. 

And as a vesture thou shalt change 
them, and they shall be changed; but 
thou art always the self same, and thy 
years shall not fail. 

The children of thy servants shall con- 
tinue ; and their seed shall be directed for- 
ever. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Psalm cxxix. De Profundi's. 

OUT of the depths I have cried to thee, 
O Lord : Lord, hear my voice. 
Let thy ears be attentive to the voice 
of my supplication. 

If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities, 
Lord who shall stand ? 

For with thee there is merciful forgive- 
ness : and by reason of thy law, I have 
waited for thee, O Lord. 

My soul hath relied on his word : my 
soul hath hoped in the Lord. 

From the morning watch even until 
night, let Israel hope in the Lord. 



Seven Penitential Psalms. 465 



Because with the Lord there is mercy, 
and with him plentiful redemption. 

And he shall redeem Israel from all his 
iniquities. 

Glory be, etc. 

Psalm cxlii. Domine, exaudi. 

HEAR, O Lord, my prayer ; give ear 
to my supplication in thy truth, 
hear me in thy justice. 

And enter not into judgment with thy 
servant: for in thy sight no man living 
shall be justified. 

For the enemy hath persecuted my 
soul: he hath brought down my life to 
the earth. 

He hath made me to dwell in darkness, 
as those that have been dead of old : and 
my spirit is in anguish within me : my 
heart within me is troubled. 

I remembered the days of old, I medita- 
ted on all thy works : I mused upon the 
works of thy hands. 

I stretched forth my hands to thee : my 
soul is as earth without water unto thee. 

30— S. Heart. 



468 Litany of the Saints. 



Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Christe eleison, 
Kyrie eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 
Christe audi nos. 
Christe exaudi nos. 



Lord have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Christ have mercy. 
Christ have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Christ hear us. 
Christ graciously hear 
us. 



Pater de ccelis 




God the Father oF 


Deus, 




Heaven, 


Fili Redemptor 




God the Son, Re- 


mundi Deus, 




deemer of the 




<^> 


world, 


Spiritus Sancte De- 




God the Holy 


us, 




Ghost, 


Sancta Trinitas, 


Holy Trinity, one 


unus Deus, , 




God, 


Sancta Maria, 




Holy Mary, 


Sancta Dei Geni- 


0 


Holy Mother of 


trix, 


r a pro 


God, 


Sancta Virgo vir- 


Holy Virgin of 


ginum, 


a 


virgins, , 


Sancte Michael, 


$»• 


Saint Michael, 


Sancte Gabriel, 


Saint Gabriel, 



s 3 

8 



Litany of the Saints. 469 



Sancte Raphael, 
Omnes sancti An- 
geli et Archan- 
geli, 

Omnes sancti bea- 
torum Spiritu- 
um ordines, 
Sancte Joannes 

Baptista, 
Sancte Joseph, 
Omnes sancti Pa- 
triarchal et Pro- 
phetae, 
Sancte Petre, 
Sancte Paule, 
Sancte Andrea, 
Sancte Jacobe, 
Sancte Joannes, 
Sancte Thoma, 
Sancte Jacobe, 
Sancte Philippe, 
Sancte Bartholo- 

maee, 
Sancte Matthaee, 
Sancte Simon, 
Sancte Thaddaee, 
Sancte Matthia, 



Saint Raphael, 

All ye holy An- 
gels and Arch- 
angels, 

All ye holy or- 
ders of blessed 
Spirits, 

Saint John Baptist, 

Saint Joseph, 

All ye holy Patri- 
archs and Pro- 
phets, 

Saint Peter, 

Saint Paul, 

Saint Andrew, 

Saint James, 

Saint John, 

Saint Thomas, 

Saint James, 

Saint Philip, 

Saint Bartholo- 
mew, 

Saint Matthew, 

Saint Simon, 

Saint Thaddeus, 

Saint Matthias, 



470 Litany 



of the Saints. 



Sancte Barnaba, 
Sancte Luca, 
Sancte Marce, 
Omnes sancti 
Apostoli et 
Evangelistae, 
Omnes sancti Dis- 

cipuli Domini, 
Omnes sancti In- 

nocentes, 
Sancte Stephane, 
Sancte Laurenti, 
Sancte Vincenti, 
Sancti Fabiane et- 

Sebastiane, 
Sancti Joannes et 

Paule, 
Sancti Cosma et 

Damiane, 
Sancti Gervasi et 

Protasi, 
Omnes sancti Mar- 
tyres, 
Sancte Sylvester, 
Sancte Gregori, 
Sancte Ambrosi, 
Sancte Augustine, 



2 



Saint Barnabas, 

Saint Luke, 

Saint Mark, 

All ye holy Apos- 
tles and Evan- 
gelists, 

All ye holy Disci- 
ples of our Lord, 

All ye holy Inno- 
cents, 

Saint Stephen, 

Saint Lawrence, 

Saint Vincent, 

SS. Fabian and Se- 
bastian, 

SS. John and Paul, 

SS. Cosmas and 

Damian, 
SS. Gervase and 

Protase, 
All ye holy Mar- 
tyrs, 
Saint Sylvester, 
Saint Gregory, 
Saint Ambrose, 
Saint Augustine, 



Litany of the Saints. 47 1 



Sancte Hiero- 

nyme, 
Sancte Martine, 
Sancte Nicolae, 
Omnes sancti Pon- 
tifices et Con- 
fessores, 
Omnes sancti Doc- 
tores, 
Sancte Antoni, 
Sancte Benedicte, 
Sancte Bernarde, 
Sancte Dominice, 
Sancte Francisce, 
Omnes sancti Sa- 
cerdotes et Levi- 
tae, 

Omnes sancti Mo- 
nachi et Ere- 
mitae, 

Sancta Maria Mag- 
dalena, 

Sancta Agatha, 

Sancta Lucia, 

Sancta Agnes, 

Sancta Caecilia, 

Sancta Catharina, 



2 



Saint Jerome, 

Saint Martin, 
Saint Nicholas, 
All ye holy Bishops 
and Confessors, 

All ye holy Doc- 
tors, 
Saint Anthony, 
Saint Benedict, 
Saint Bernard, 
Saint Dominic, 
Saint Francis, 
All ye holy Priests 
and Levites, 

All ye holy Monks 
and Hermits. 



Saint Mary 

dalen, 
Saint Agatha, 
Saint Lucy, 
Saint Agnes, 
Saint Cecilia, 
Saint Catharine 



Mag- 



1 

r ^ 



470 Litany of the Saints. 



Sancte Barnaba, 
Sancte Luca, 
Sancte Marce, 
Omnes sancti 
Apostoli et 
Evangelistae, 
Omnes sancti Dis- 

cipuli Domini, 
Omnes sancti In- 

nocentes, 
Sancte Stephane, 
Sancte Laurenti, 
Sancte Vincenti, 
Sancti Fabiane et- 

Sebastiane, 
Sancti Joannes et 

Paule, 
Sancti Cosma et 

Damiane, 
Sancti Gervasi et 

Protasi, 
Omnes sancti Mar- 
tyres, 
Sancte Sylvester, 
Sancte Gregori, 
Sancte Ambrosi, 
Sancte Augustine, 



Saint Barnabas, 

Saint Luke, 

Saint Mark, 

All ye holy Apos- 
tles and Evan- 
gelists, 

All ye holy Disci- 
ples of our Lord, 

All ye holy Inno- 
cents, 

Saint Stephen, 

Saint Lawrence, 

Saint Vincent, 

SS. Fabian and Se- 
bastian, 

SS. John and Paul, 

SS. Cosmas and 

Damian, 
SS. Gervase and 

Protase, 
All ye holy Mar- 
tyrs, 
Saint Sylvester, 
Saint Gregory, 
Saint Ambrose, 
Saint Augustine, 



Litany of the Saints. 47 1 



Sancte 



Hiero- 



nyme, 
Sancte Martine, 
Sancte Nicolae, 
Omnes sancti Pon- 
tifices et Con- 
fessores, 
Omnes sancti Doc- 
tores, 
Sancte Antoni, 
Sancte Benedicte, 
Sancte Bernarde, 
Sancte Dominice, 
Sancte Francisce, 
Omnes sancti Sa- 
cerdotes et Levi- 
tae, 

Omnes sancti Mo- 
nachi et Ere- 
mitae, 

Sancta Maria Mag- 
dalena, 

Sancta Agatha, 

Sancta Lucia, 

Sancta Agnes, 

Sancta Caecilia, 

Sancta Catharina, 



Saint Jerome, 

Saint Martin, 
Saint Nicholas, 
All ye holy Bishops 
and Confessors, 

All ye holy Doc- 
tors, 
Saint Anthony, 
Saint Benedict, 
Saint Bernard, 
Saint Dominic, 
Saint Francis, 
All ye holy Priests 
and Levites, 

All ye holy Monks 
and Hermits. 

Saint Mary Mag- 
dalen, 
Saint Agatha, 
Saint Lucy, 
Saint Agnes, 
Saint Cecilia, 
Saint Catharine, 



47 2 Litany of the Saints. 



Sancta Anastasia, 
Or a {orate) pro nobis, 
Omnes sanctae Vir- 

gines et Viduae, 
Or a {orate) pro nobis, 
Omnes sancti et Sanc- 
tae Dei, 

j Int ere edit e pro nobis, 

j Propitius esto, 
Farce nobis, Domine. 
Propitius esto, 
Exaudi nos, Domine. 

Ab omni malo, 
Libera nos Domine, 
Ab omni peccato, 
Libera nos Do??iine. 
Ab ira tua,* 



Saint Anastasia, 

Pray for its. 

All ye holy Virgins 

and Widows, 
Pray for us. 
All ye holy men and 

women, saints of 

God, 

Make intercession for us. 
Be merciful, 
Spare us, 0 Lord. 
Be merciful, 
Graciously hear us, O 

Lord. 
From all evil, 
O Lord, deliver us. 
From all sin, 
O Lord, deliver us. 
From thy wrath,* 



* Here, for the devotion of the Forty Hours, is in- 
serted : 

Ab imminentibus periculis, From all dangers that 

threaten us, 

Libera nos, Domine. O Lord, deliver us. 

A peste, fame, et bello, From plague, famine, and 

war, 

Libera nos, Domine. O Lord, deliver us. 



Litany of the Saints. 



473 



Asubitanea et im- 1 
provisa morte, 

Ab insidiis diaboli, 

Ab ira, odio, et 

omni mala vo- 

luntate, 
A spiritu fornica- 

tionis, 
A fulgure et tem- 

pestate, 
A morte perpetua, 

Per mysterium 
sanctae Incarna- 
tionis tuae, 

Per Adventum tu- 
um, 

Per Nativitatem tu- 
am, 

Per Baptismum et 
sanctum Jejuni- 
um tuum, 

Per Crucem at Pas- 
sionem tuam. 



From sudden and " 
unlooked - for 
death, 

From the snares of 
the devil, 

From anger, ha- 
tred, and every 
evil will, 

From the spirit of 
fornication, 

From lightning 
and tempest, 

From everlasting 
death, 

Through the mys- 
tery of Thy holy 
Incarnation, 

Through Thy 
coming, 

Through Thy Na- 
tivity, 

Through Thy Bap- 
tism and holy 
Fasting, 

Through Thy 
Cross and Pas- 
sion, 



474 Litany of the Saints. 



Per Mortem et Se- 1 
pulturam tuam, 

Per sanctam Re- 
surrectionem tu- 
am, 

Per admirabilem 
Ascensionem tu- 
am, 

Per adventum Spi- 
ritus Sancti 
Paracliti, 



In die judicii, 

Peccatores, 
Ut nobis parcas, 

Ut nobis indul- | 2 
geas, I | 

Ut ad veram pceni- I § 
tentiam nos per- 
ducere digneris, 

Ut Ecclesiam tuam 
sanctam regere 
et conservare 
digneris, 



Through Thy 
Death and Bur- 
ial, 

Through Thy holy 
Resurrection, 

Through Thine 
admirable As- 
cension, 

Through the com- 
ing of the Holy 
Ghost, the Para- 
clete, 

In the day of judg- 
ment, 

We sinners, 

That Thou wouldst 
spare us, 

That Thou wouldst 
pardon us, 

That Thou wouldst ! 
bring us to true j 
penance, 

That Th ou wouldst 
vouchsafe to 2;ov- ! 
ern and preserve 
Thy hoi)* church, J 



Litany 



UtDomnum Apos- 1 
tolicum, et om- 
nes ecclesiasti- 
cos ordines, in 
sancta religione, 
conservare dig- 
neris, 

Utinimicos sanctse 
Ecclesiae, humi- 
liare digneris, * 



Utregibus et prin- 
cipibus Christi- 
anis, pacem et 
veram concor- 
diam donare 
digneris, 

Ut cuncto' populo 
Christiano, pa- 



\3 



humble the ene- 



mies of holy 
Church,* 

That Thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to give 
peace and true 
concord to 
Christian kings 
and princes, 

That Thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to 



That Thou wouldst ' 
vouchsafe to pre- 
serve our Apos- 
tolic Prelate, 
and all orders of 
the Church, in 
holy religion, 

That Thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to 



* For the devotion of the Forty Hours, insert : 



Ut Turcarum, hseretico- 
rum conatus, reprimere et 
ad nihilum redigere dig- 
neris. 



That thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to defeat the 
attempts of all Turks and 
heretics, and bring them 
to naught. 



4/6 Litany of the Saints. 



cem et unitatem 1 




grant peace and ' 


largiri digneris, 




unity to all 
Christian peo- 
ple, 


Ut nosmetipsos in 




That Thou wouldst 


tuo sancto ser- 




vouchsafe to 


vitio, confortare 




confirm and pre- 


et conservare 




serve us in Thy 


digneris, 




holy service, 


Ut mentes nostras 


•s 


That Thou wouldst 


ad coelestia desi- 


lift up our minds 


deria erigas, 




to heavenly de- 






sires, 


Ut omnibus bene- 




That Thou wouldst 


factoribus nos- 




render eternal 


tris, sempiter- 




blessings to all 


na bona retribu- 




our benefac- 


as, 




tors, 


Utanimas nostras, 




That Thou wouldst 


fratrum propin- 




deliver our souls, 


quorurn et bene- 




and the souls of 


factorum nos- 




our brethren, re- 


trorum, ab aeter- 




lations, and ben- 


na damnatione 




efactors, from 


eripias, 




eternal damna- 
tion, 


Ut fructus terrae 




That Thou wouldst 



Litany of the Saints. 477 



dare et conser- ' 
vare digneris, 



Ut omnibus fideli- 
bus defunctis, 
requiem aeter- 
nam donare dig- 
neris, 

Ut nos exaudire 
digneris, 



vouchsafe 
give and 



to 



Fili Dei, 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi, 

Parce nobis Domine. 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi, 

Ex audi nos, Domine. 

Agnus Dei, qui tollis 
peccata mundi, 

Miserere nobis. 



r 



pre- 
serve the fruits 
of the earth. 
That Thou wouldst 
vouchsafe to 
grant eternal 
rest to all the 
faithful departed 
That Thou vouldst 
vouchsafe gra- 
ciously to hear 
us, 

Son of God, 
Lamb of God, who 

takest away the sins 

of the world, 
Spare us, 0 Lord. 
Lamb of God, 

takest away the sins 

of the world, 
Graciously hear us. 

Lord. 

Lamb of God, who 
takest away the sins 
of the world, 

Have mercy on us. 



J 



who 



0 



4/8 Litany of the Saints. 



Christe audi nos. 
Christe exaudi nos. 

Kyrie eleison. 
Christe eleison. 
Kyrie eleison. 

Pater noster [secre- 
to]. 

V. Et ne nos indu- 
cas in tentationem. 

jR. Sed libera nos a 
malo. 



Christ hear us. 
Christ graciously hear 
us. 

Lord have mercy. 
Christ have mercy. 
Lord have mercy. 
Our Father [secret- 

V. And lead us not 
into temptation. 

R. But deliver us 
from evil. 



Psalm lxix. 1 

Deus in adjutorium 
meum intende : Domi- 
ne ad adjuvandum me 
festina. 

Confundantur et re- 
vereantur : qui qirae- 
runt animam meam. 

Avertantur retror- 
sum, et erubescant : 
qui volunt mihi mala. 

Avertantur statim 



vs in adjutorium. 

1. O God, come to 
my assistance ; O Lord, 
make haste to help me. 

2. Let them be con- 
founded and ashamed 
that seek after my 
soul. 

3. Let them be 
turned backward, and 
blush for shame that 
desire evils unto me. 

4. Let them be 



Litany of the Saints. 479 



erubescentes : qui di- 
cunt mihi, Euge, euge. 

Exultent et laetentur 
in te omnes qui quae- 
runt te : et dicant sem- 
per, Magnificetur Dom- 
inus ; qui diligunt 
salutare tuum. 

Ego vero egenus et 
pauper sum : Deus 
adjuva me. 

Adjutor meus et 
liberator meus es tu : 
Domine, ne moreris. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 
V. Salvos fac servos 
tuos, 

R. Deus meus spe- 
rantes in te. 

V. Esto nobis Dom- 
ine turris fortitudinis, 

R. A facie inimici. 



straightway turned 
backward blushing for 
shame, that say to me : 
'Tis well, 'tis well. 

5. Let all that seek 
Thee be joyful and 
glad in Thee, and 
let such as love Thy 
salvation say always : 
The Lord be magnified. 

6. But I am needy 
and poor : O God, 
help me. 

7. Thou art my 
helper and my de- 
liverer : O Lord make 
no longer delay. 

Glory be, etc. 

V. Save Thy ser- 
vants, 

R. Who hope in 
Thee, O my God. 

V. Be unto us, O 
Lord, a tower of 
strength, 

R. From the face of 
the enemy. 



480 Litany of the Saints. 



V. Nihil proficiat 
1 inimicus in nobis. 

R. Et films iniqui- 
I tatis non apponat no- 
! cere nobis. 

V. Domine, non 
secundum peccata nos- 
tra facias nobis. 

R. Neque secun- 
dum iniquitates nos- 
tras retribuas nobis. 

V. Oremus pro Pon- 
tifice nostro [N.]. 

R. Dominus con- 
servet eum et vivificet 
eum, et beatum faciat 
eum in terra ; et non 
tradat eum in animam 
inimicorum ejus. 

V. Oremus pro 
benefactoribus nostris. 

R. Retribuere dig- 
nare Domine, omni- 
bus nobis bona facien- 



V. Let not the ene- 
my prevail against us. 

R. Nor the son of 
iniquity approach to 
hurt us. 

V. O Lord, deal not 
with us according to 
our sins. 

R. Neither requite 
us according to our 
iniquities. 

V. Let us pray for 
our Sovereign Pon- 
tiff [N.J. 

R. The Lord pre- 
serve him and give him 
life, and make him 
blessed upon the earth; 
and deliver him not up 
to the will of his ene- 
mies. 

V. Let us pray for 
our benefactors. 

R. Vouchsafe, O 
Lord, for Thy name's 
sake, to reward with 



Litany of the Saints. 481 



tibus propter nomen 
tuum vitam seternam. 
Amen. 

V. Oremus pro fide- 
libus defunctis. 

R. Requiem aeter- 
nam dona eis Domine ; 
et lux perpetua luceat 
eis. 

K Requiescant in 
pace. 

R. Amen. 

V. Pro fratribus nos- 
tris absentibus. 

R, Salvos fac servos 
tuos, Deus meus spe- 
rantes in te. 

V. Mitte eis Domi- 
ne auxilium de sancto. 

R. Et de Sion tuere 
eos. 

K Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 

31— S. Heart 



eternal life all them 
that do us good. 
Amen. 

V. Let us pray for 
the faithful departed. 

R. Eternal rest give 
unto them, O Lord ; 
and let perpetual light 
shine upon them. 

V. Let them rest in 
peace. 

R. Amen. 

V. For our absent 
brethren. 

R. Save Thy ser- 
vants, who hope in 
Thee, O my God. 

V. Send them help, 
O Lord, from the j 
sanctuary. 

R. And defend 
them out of Sion. 

V. O Lord, hear 
my prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 



482 Litany of the Saints. 



Oremusr Let us Pray* 

Deus, cui proprium O God, whose pro- 
est misereri semper, et perty is always to have 

* For the Devotion of the Forty Hours, the following 
collects are used : 



Deus qui nobis sub Sa- 
cramento mirabili, Passio- 
nis tu?e memoriam reliquis- 
ti ; tribue, quaesumus, ita 
nos Corporis et Sanguinis 
tui sacra mysteria vene- 
rari ; ut redemptionis tui 
fructum in nobis jugiter 
sentiamus. Qui vivis et 
regnas in specula saeculo- 
rum. Amen. 



O God, who, under a 
wonderful sacrament, hast 
left us a memorial of Thy 
passion ; grant us, we be- 
seech Thee, so to venerate 
the sacred mysteries of 
Thy Body and Blood, that 
we may ever feel within us 
the fruit of Thy redemp- 
tion. Who livest, etc. 
Amen. 



From Advent to Christmas. 



Deus, qui de beatae Ma- 
rise Virginis utero Verbum 
tuum angelo nuntiante, 
carnem suscipere voluisti ; 
praesta supplicibus tuis, et 
qui vere earn Genitricem 
Dei credimus, ejus apud te 
intercessionibus adjuve- 
mur, Per eumdem Chris- 
tum Dominum nostrum. 



R. Amen. 



O God, who wast pleased 
that Thy Word, at the 
message of an angel, should 
take flesh in the womb of 
the Blessed Virgin Mary ; 
grant to us Thy humble 
servants, that we who be- 
lieve her to be truly the 
Mother of God, may be 
assisted by her interces- 
sions with Thee. Through 
the same Christ our Lord. 

R. Amen. 



Litany of the Saints. 483 



parcere : suscipe de- 
precationem nostram ; 
ut nos et omnes famu- 



mercy and to spare, 
receive our humble pe- 
tition ; that we, and 



From Christmas to the Purification. 



Deus, qui salutis aeter- 
nae, beatae Mariae virgini- 
tate foecunda, humano ge- 
neri praemia praestitisti, 
tribue, quaesumus, ut ip- 
sam pro nobis intercedere 
sentiamus, per quam me- 
ruimus auctorem vitae sus- 
cipere Dominum nostrum 
Jesum Christum Filium 
tuum. Qui tecum vivit et 
regnat in unitate Spiritus 
Sancti, Deus, per omnia 
saecula saeculorum. 



R. Amen. 



O God, who by the fruit- 
ful virginity of Blessed 
Mary, hast given to man- 
kind the rewards of eter- 
nal salvation ; grant, we 
beseech Thee, that we may 
experience her interces- 
sion for us, through whom 
we have merited to re- 
ceive the Author of Life, 
our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy 
Son. Who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee in the 
unity of the Holy Ghost, 
God, world without end. 

R. Amen. 



From the Purification to Advent. 



Concede nos famulos 
tuos, quaesumus, Domine 
Deus, perpetua mentis et 
corporis sanitate gaudere ; 
et gloriosa beatae Mariae 
semper Virginis interces- 
sione, a praesenti liberari 
tristitia, et aeterna perfrui 
lsetitia. 



Grant, we beseech Thee, 
O Lord God, that we, Thy 
servants, may enjoy per- 
petual health of mind and 
body ; and by the inter- 
cession of the Blessed 
Mary ever Virgin, may be 
delivered from present 
sorrow, and attain eternal 
gladness. 



484 Litany of the Saints. 



los tuos, quos delic- all Thy servants who 
torum catena con- are bound by the chain 
stringit, miseratio tuse of sins, may, by the 

Then follows the Collect for the Pope, p. 486, after 
which is said : 



Deus, refugium nostrum 
et virtus, adesto piis Ec- 
clesiae tuae precibus, auctor 
ipse pietatis ; et praesta, 
ut quod fideliter petimus, 
efficaciter consequamur. 

Omnipotens, sempiterne 
Deus, in cujus manu sunt 
omnes potestates, et om- 
nia jura regnorum, respice 
in auxilium Christianorum, 
ut gentes paganorum et 
haereticorum, quas in sua 
feritate et fraude confi- 
dunt, dexterae tuae poten- 
tia conterantur. 



O God, our refuge and 
strength, who art the au- 
thor of all piety, hearken 
unto the devout prayers of 
Thy Church, and grant 
that what we ask faithfully 
we may obtain effectually. 

Almighty, everlasting 
God, in whose hands are 
all the powers and all the 
rights of kingdoms, come 
to the assistance of Thy 
Christian people, that all 
pagan and heretical na- 
tions, who trust in their 
own violence and fraud, 
may be broken by the 
might of Thy right hand. 



Then follows the last Collect, Omnipotens, sempi- 
terne Deus, etc., p. 488, Almighty, everlasting God, etc., 
with the Versicles, except that, in the last response but 
one, etc., instead of the simple Amen, is said : 

P. Et custodiat nos sem- P. And ever preserve 
per. Amen. us. Amen. 





Litany of the Saints. 485 

pietatis clementer ab- compassion of Thy 
solvat. goodness, mercifully 

be absolved. 
Exaudi, quaesumus, Graciously hear, we 
Domine, supplicum beseech Thee, 0 Lord, 
preces, et confitentium the prayers of Thy sup- 
tibi parce peccatis : ut pliants, and forgive the 
pariter nobis indulgen- sins of them that con- 
tiam tribuas benignus fess to Thee ; that, in 
et pacem. Thy bounty, Thou 

mayest grant us both 

pardon and peace. 
Ineffabilem nobis, Show forth upon us, 
Domine, misericordi- 0 Lord, in Thy mercy, 
am tuam clementer Thy unspeakable lov- 
ostende : ut simul nos ing kindness ; that 
et a peccatis omnibus Thou mayest both 
exuas,et a poenis, quas loose us from all our 
pro his meremur, eri- sins, and deliver us 
pias. from the punishments 

which we deserve for 

them. 

Deus, qui culpa of- 0 God, who by sin 
fenderis, pcenitentia art offended, and by 
placaris ; preces populi penance pacified, mer- 
tui supplicantis pro- cifully regard the pray- 
pitius respice ; et fla- ers of Thy people mak- 





Litany of the Saints. 



4S6 

gella ttiae iracundia?, 
quae pro peccatis nos- 
tris meremur, averte. 

Omnipotens, sem- 
piterne Deus, miserere 
famulo tuo Pontinci 
nostro [N.] et di- 
rige eum secundum 
tuam clementiam in 
viam salutis aeternae : 
ut et donante tibi 
placita cupiat, et tota 
virtute perficiat. 



Deus, a quo sancta 
desideria, recta consi- 
lia, et justa sunt opera: 
da servis tuis illam, 
quam mundus dare 
non potest, pacem : ut 
et corda nostra man- 
datis tuis dedita, et 



ing supplication to 
Thee, and turn away 
the scourges of Thine 
anger, which we de- 
serve for our sins. 

Almighty, everlast- 
ing God, have mercy 
upon Thy servant 
[N.], our Sovereign 
Pontiff, and direct him, 
according to Thy cle- 
mency, into the way 
of everlasting salvation; 
that by Thy grace he 
may both desire those 
things that are pleasing ; 
to Thee, and perform 
them with all his 
strength. 

O God, from whom 
all holy desires, all 
right counsels, and all 
just works do come, 
give unto Thy servants 
that peace which the 
world cannot give ; 
that our hearts being 



Litany of the Saints. 487 



hostium sublata formi- 
dine, tempora sint tua 
protectione tranquilla. 



Ure igne Sancti Spi- 
ritus renes nostros et 
cor nostrum, Domine : 
ut tibi casto corpore 
serviamus, et mundo 
corde placeamus. 



Fidelium Deus om- 
nium Conditor et Re- 
demptor, animabus 
famulorum famula- 
rumque tuarum remis- 
sionem cunctorum tri- 
bue peccatorum : ut 
indulgentiam, quam 
semper optaverunt, piis 
supplicationibus con- 
sequantur. 

Actiones nostra, 
quaesumus, Domine, 



devoted to Thy com- 
mandments, and the 
fear of our enemies be- 
ing taken away, our 
times, by Thy protec- 
tion, may be peaceful. 

Inflame, O Lord, 
our reins and heart 
with the fire of the 
Holy Ghost ; that we 
may serve Thee with a 
chaste body, and please 
Thee with a clean 
heart. 

O God, the Creator 
and Redeemer of all 
the faithful, give to the 
souls of Thy servants 
departed the remission 
of all their sins ; 
that through pious sup- 
plications they may ob- 
tain the pardon which 
they have always de- 
sired. 

Prompt, we beseech 
Thee, 0 Lord, our 



Litany of the Saints. 



488 

aspirando prseveni, et 
adjuvando prosequere : 
ut cuncta nostra oratio 
et operatio a te semper 
incipiat, et per te ccep- 
ta finiatur. 



Omnipotens, sem- 
piterne Deus, qui vi- 
I vorum dominaris simul 
! et mortuorum, omni- 
I umque misereris, quos 
| tuos fide et opere futu- 
! ros esse praenoscis : te 
! supplices exoramus": 
ut pro quibus effun- 
dere presens saeculum 
adhuc in carne retinet, 
j vel futurum jam exutos 
I corpore suscepit, inter- 
cedentibus omnibus 
Sanctis tuis, pietatis 
tuae dementia omnium 
delictorum suorum 
I veniam consequantur. 



actions by Thy inspi- 
rations, and further 
them with Thy con- 
tinual help ; that every 
prayer and work of 
ours may always be- 
gin from Thee, and 
through Thee be like- 
wise ended. 

Almighty, everlast- 
ing God, who has do- 
minion over the living 
and the dead, and art 
merciful to all who 
Thou foreknowest will 
be Thine by faith and 
works ; we humbly be- 
seech Thee that they 
for whom we intend to 
pour forth our prayers, 
whether this present 
world still detain them 
in the flesh, or the 
world to come hath 
already received them 
stripped of their mor- 
tal bodies, may by the 



Litany of 

Per Dominum nos- 
trum, Jesum Christum, 
Filium tuum, qui te- 
cum vivit et regnat, in 
unitate Spiritus Sancti, 
Deus, per omnia ssecu- 
la sseculorum. 



R. Amen. 

V. Domine, exaudi 
orationem meam. 

R. Et clamor meus 
ad te veniat. 

V. Exaudiat nos 
omnipotens et miseri- 
cors Dominus. 

R. Amen. 

V. Et fldelium ani- 
mae, per misericordiam 
Dei requiescant in 
pace. 

R. Amen. 



the Saints. 489 

grace of Thy loving 
kindness, and by the 
intercession of all the 
Saints, obtain the re- 
mission of all their 
sins. Through Thy 
Son Jesus Christ our 
Lord, who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee, in 
the unity of the Holy 
Spirit, God, forever 
and ever. 

R. Amen. 
V. O Lord, hear my 
prayer. 

R. And let my cry 
come unto Thee. 

V. May the Al- 
mighty and merciful 
Lord graciously hear 
us. 

R. Amen. 

V. And may the 
souls of the faithful de- 
parted, through the 
mercy of God, rest in 
peace. 

R. Amen. 




OR EVEN-SONG 

FOR SUNDAYS. 

Pater noster, Ave Maria, in secret. 

VDEUS, in adjutorium meum 
d intende. 
JR.. Domine, ad adjuvandum me fes- 
tina. 




OR E VEX-SOXG 

FOR SUNDAYS. 

Cur Father, Hail Mary, in secret 

Jf O God, come to my assistance, 
R. O Lord, make haste to help me. 



49 2 Vespers. 

V. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui 
Sancto. 

R. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, 
et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. 
Amen. 

Alleluia. 

From Septuagesima to Palm Sunday, inclu- 
sively, is said : 

Laus tibi, Domine, Rex aeternae 
gloriae : 

Ant. Dixit Dominus. 

In Paschal Time, the Psalms are all said under 
this one Antiphon : Alleluia, 

Psalmus Cix. Dixit Dominus. 

DIXIT Dominus Domino meo : 
Sede a dextris meis : 
Donee ponam inimicos tuos : scabel- 
lum pedum tuorum. 

Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus 



Vespers. 493 

V. Glory be to the Father, and to 
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. 

R. As it was in the beginning, is 
now, and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 

Alleluia. 

From Septuagesima to Palm Sunday, inclu- 
sively, is said : 

Praise be to thee, O Lord, King of 
everlasting glory. 
Ant. The Lord said. 

In Paschal Time, the Psalms are all said under 
this one Antiphon : Alleluia, 

Psalm cix. Dixit Dominus. 

THE Lord said to my Lord : Sit 
thou at my right hand, 
Until I make thy enemies thy 
footstool. 

The Lord will send forth the 



494 Vespers. 

ex Sion : dominare in medio inimi- 
corum tuorum. 

Tecum principium in die virtutis 
tuse, in splendoribus Sanctorum : ex 
utero ante luciferum genui te. 

Juravit Dominus, et non poenitebit j 
eum : Tu es sacerdos in aeternum, 
secundum ordinem Melchisedech. 

Dominus a dextris tuis : confregit 
in die irae suae reges. 

Judicabit in nationibus, implebit 
ruinas: conquassabit .capita in terra 
multorum. 

De torrente in via bibet : propterea 
exaltabit caput. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant Dixit Dominus Domino meo : 

Sede a dextris meis. 
An. Fidelia. 



Vespers. 496 



sceptre of thy power out of Sion : rule 
thou in the midst of thy enemies. 

With thee is the principality in 
the day of thy strength, in the bright- 
ness of the Saints : from the womb 
before the day-star I begot thee. 

The Lord hath sworn, and he 
will not repent : Thou art a priest for- 
ever according to the order of Mel- 
chisedech. 

The Lord at thy right hand hath 
broken kings in the day of his wrath. 

He shall judge among the na- 
tions, he shall fill ruins, he shall crush 
the heads in the land of many. 

He shall drink of the torrenc in 
the way : therefore shall he lift up his 
head. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 
Ant. The Lord said to my Lord : 
Sit thou at my right hand. 
Ant. Faithful. 



49 6 Vespers. 



PSALMUS ex. Gonfitebor tibu 

CONFITEBOR tibi, Domine, in 
toto corde meo ; in concilio jus- 
torum, et congregatione. 

Magna opera Domini : exquisita in 
omnes voluntates ejus. 

Confessio et magnificentia opus 
ejus : et justitia ejus manet in saeculum 
saeculi. 

Memoriam fecit mirabilium suorum 
misericors et miserator Dominus : 
escam dedit timentibus se. 

Memor erit in speculum testamenti 
sui : virtutem operum suorum annun- 
tiabit populo suo : 

Ut det illis haereditatem gentium : 
opera manuum ejus Veritas et ju- 
dicium. 

Fidelia omnia mandata ejus ; con- 
firmata in saeculum saeculi : facta in 
veritate et aequitate. 



Vespers. 497 
Psalm ex. Confitebor tibi. 

I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with 
my whole heart : in the council 
of the just and in the congregation. 

Great are the works of the Lord: 
sought out according to all his wills. 

His work is praise and magnifi- 
cence : and his justice endureth for- 
ever and ever, 

He hath made a remembrance of 
his wonderful works, being a merciful i 
and gracious Lord : he hath given 
food to them that fear him. 

He will be mindful forever of his 
covenant : he will show forth to his 
people the power of his works : 

That he may give them the in- 
heritance of the Gentiles : the works 
of his hands are truth and judgment. 

All his commandments are faithful : 
confirmed forever and ever : made in 
truth and equity. 32-s. Heart. 



49 8 Vespers. 



Redemptionem misit populo suo : 
mandavit in aeternum testamentum 
suum. 

Sanctum et terribile nomen ejus : 
initium sapientiae timor Domini. 

Intellectus bonus omnibus facienti- 
bus eum : laudatio ejus manet in 
saeculum saeculi. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant. Fidelia omnia mandata ejus, 
confirmata in saeculum saeculi. 

Ant. In mandatis. 

Psalm cxi. Beatus vir. 

BEATUS vir qui timet Dominum : 
in mandatis ejus volet nimis. 

Potens in terra erit semen ejus : 
generatio rectorum benedicetur. 



Vespers. 499 

He hath sent redemption to his 
people ; he hath commanded his cov- 
enant for ever. 

Holy and terrible is his name : the 
fear of the Lord is the beginning of 
wisdom. 

A good understanding to all that do 
it : his praise continueth forever and 
ever. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Ant. Faithful are all his command- 
ments ; they stand fast forever and 
ever. 

Ant. In his commandments. 

Psalm cxi. Beatus vir. 

BLESSED is the man that feareth 
the Lord ; he shall delight ex- 
ceedingly in his commandments. 

His seed shall be mighty upon earth : 
the generation of the righteous shall 
be blessed. 



5oo 



Vespers. 



Gloria et divitiae in domo ejus : 
et justitia ejus manet in saeculum 
saeculi. 

Exortum est in tenebris lumen 
rectis : misericors, et miserator, et 
justus. 

Jucundus homo qui miseretur et 
commodat, disponet sermones suos 
in judicio : quia in aeternum non com- 
movebitur. 

In memoria aeterna erit justus : ab 
auditione mala non timebit. 

Paratum cor ejus sperare in Do- 
mino, confirmatum est cor ejus : non 
commovebitur donee despiciat inimicos 
suos. 

Dispersit, dedit pauperibus ; justitia 
ejus manet in saeculum saeculi : cornu 
ejus exaltabitur in gloria. 

Peccator videbit et irascetur ; den- 



Vespers. 5oi 

Glory and wealth shall be in his 
house : and his justice remaineth for- 
ever and ever. 

To the righteous a light hath arisen 
up in darkness : he is merciful, and 
compassionate, and just. 

Acceptable is the man that show- 
eth mercy, and lendeth : he shall order 
his words with judgment : because he 
shall not be moved forever. 

The just shall be in everlasting re- 
membrance : he shall not fear the 
evil hearing. 

His heart is ready to hope in the 
Lord : his heart is strengthened : he 
shall not be moved until he look over 
his enemies. 

He hath distributed : he hath given 
to the poor : his justice remaineth for- 
ever and ever : his horn shall be ex- 
alted in glory. 

The wicked shall see and shall be 



5o2 Vespers. 

ibus suis fr£tnet et tabescet : desiderit- 
urn peccatorum peribit. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant. In mandatis ejus cupit nimis. 

Ant. Sit nomen Domini. 

Psalm cxii. Laudate, pueri. 

LA U D A T E, pueri, Dominum : 
laudate nomen Domini. 
Sit nomen Domini benedictum : ex 
hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. 

A solis ortu usque ad occasum : 
laudabile nomen Domini. 

Excelsus super omnes gentes Do- 
minus : et super coslos gloria ejus. 

Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, 
qui in altis habitat : et humilia respicit 
in coelo et in terra? 



Vespers 503 

angry, he shall gnash with his teeth, 
and pine away : the desire of the 
wicked shall perish. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Ant. In his commandments he hath 
great delight. 

Ant. Blessed be the name. 

Psalm cxii. Latidate, fiueri. 

PRAISE the Lord, ye children : 
praise ye the name of the Lord. 
Blessed be the name of the Lord : 
from henceforth now and forever. 

From the rising of the sun unto the 
going down of the same, the name of 
the Lord is worthy of praise. 

The Lord is high above all nations, 
and his glory above the heavens. 

Who is like unto the Lord our God, 
who dwelleth on high, and looketh 
down on the low things in heaven and 
in earth ? 



504 Vespers. 

Suscitans a terra inopem : et de 
stercore erigens pauperem : 

Ut collocet eum cum principibus : 
cum principibus populi sui. 

Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo : 
matrem filiorum laetantem. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant. Sit nomen Domini benedic- 
tum in saecula. 

Ant. Nos qui vivimus. 

Psalm CXill. In exitu Israel. 

IN exitu Israel de /Egypto : domus 
Jacob de populo barbaro. 

Facta est Judaea sanctihcatio ejus : 
Israel potestas ejus. 

Mare vidit et fugit : Jordanis con- 
versus est retrorsum. 



Vespers. 5o5 

Raising 1 up the needy from the 
earth, and lifting the poor out of the 
dun^-hill : 

That he may place him with prin- 
ces : with the princes of his people. 

Who maketh a barren woman to 
dwell in a house, the joyful mother of 
children. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Ant. Blessed be the name of the 
Lord forever. 

Ant. We who live. 

Psalm cxiii. In cxitu Israel. 

WHEN Israel came out of Egypt, 
the house of Jacob from a bar- 
barous people. 

Judea was made his sanctuary, Israel 
his dominion. 

The sea saw and fled : Jordan was 
turned back. 



5o6 Vespers. 

Montes exultaverunt lit arietes : et 
colles sicut agni ovium. 

Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti : 
et tu Jordanis, quia conversus es re- 
trorsum ? 

Montes, exultastis sicut arietes : et 
colles, sicut agni ovium ? 

A facie Domini mota est terra: a 
facie Dei Jacob. 

Qui convertit petram in stagna aqua- 
rum : et rupem in fontes aquarum. 

Non nobis, Domine, non nobis : 
sed nomini tuo da gloriam. 

Super misericordia tua, et veritate 
tua : nequando dicant gentes, Ubi est 
Deus eorum ? 

Deus autem noster in coelo : omnia 
qusecumque voluit fecit. 



Vespers. 5 07 

The mountains skipped like rams : 
and the hills like the lambs of the 
flock. 

What ailed thee, O thou sea, that 
thou didst flee : and thou, O Jordan, 
that thou wast turned back ? 

Ye mountains, that ye skipped like 
rams : and ye hills like the lambs of 
the flock ? 

At the presence of the Lord the 
earth was moved : at the presence of 
the God of Jacob : 

Who turned the rock into pools of 
"water : and the stony hills into foun- 
tains of waters. 

Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us : 
but unto thy name give glory. 

For thy mercv and for thy truths 
sake : lest the Gentiles should say, 
Where is their God ? 

But our God is in heaven : he hath 
done all things whatsoever he would. 



5o8 



Vespers. 



Simulacra gentium argentum et 
aurum : opera manuum hominum. 

Os habent, et non loquentur : oculos 
habent et non videbunt. 

Aures habent, et non audient : nares 
habent, et non odorabunt. 

Manus habent, et non palpabunt : 
pedes habent et non ambulabunt : non 
clamabunt in gutture suo. 

Similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea : et 
omnes qui confidunt in eis. 

Domus Israel speravit in Domino : 
adjutor eorum et protector eorum est. 

Domus Aaron speravit in Domino : 
adjutor eorum et protector eorum est. 

Qui timent Dominum speraverunt in 
Domino : adjutor eorum et protector 
eorum est. 



Vespers. 5 09 

The idols of the Gentiles are silver 
and gold : the works of the hands of 
men. 

They have mouths, and speak not : 
they have eyes, and see not. 

They have ears, and hear not : they 
have noses, and smell not. 

They have hands, and feel not : 
they have feet, and walk not : neither 
shall they cry out through their throat. 

Let those that make them become 
like unto them : and all such as trust 
in them. 

The house of Israel hath hoped in 
the Lord : he is their helper and 
protector. 

The house of Aaron hath hoped in j 
the Lord : he is their helper and pro- 
tector. 

They that fear the Lord have hoped 
in the Lord : he is their helper and 
their protector. 



5io Vespers. 

Dominus memor fuit nostri : et 
benedixit nobis. 

Benedixit domui Israel : benedixit 
domui Aaron. 

Benedixit omnibus qui timent Do- 
minum ; pusillis cum majoribus. 

Adjiciat Dominus super vos : super 
vos, et super filios vestros. 

Benedicti vos a Domino : qui fecit 
coelum et terram. 

Coelum coeli Domino : terram autem 
dedit filiis hominum. 

Non mortui laudabunt te, Domine ; 
neque omnes qui descendunt in in- 
fernum. 

Sed nos qui vivimus, benedicimus 
Domino : ex hoc nunc et usque in 
saeculum. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Ant. Nos qui vivimus, benedicimus 
Domino. 



Vespers. 5 1 1 

The Lord hath been mindful of us : 
and hath blessed us : 

He hath blessed the house of Israel : 
he hath blessed the house of Aaron. 

He hath blessed all that fear the 
Lord : both little and great. 

May the Lord add blessings upon 
you : upon you, and upon your children. 

Blessed be you of the Lord : who 
made heaven and earth. 

The heaven of heavens is the Lords : 
but the earth he hath given to the 
children of men. 

The dead shall not praise thee, O 
Lord : nor all of them that go down 
to hell. 

But we that live, bless the Lord: 
from this time now and for ever. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Ant. We who live, bless the Lord. 



• 5 1 2 Vespers. 

Instead of this, the following is often said: 
Psalm cxvi. Laudate Dominum. 

LAUD ATE Dominum, omnes 
gentes : laudate eum, omnes po- 

puli : 

Quoniam confirmata est super nos, 
misericordia ejus : et Veritas Domini 
manet in aeternum. 

Capituliim, or Little Chapter. — 2 Cor. I. 

"O ENEDICTUS Deus et Pater Do- 
13 mini nostri Jesu Christi, Pater 
misericordiarum, et Deus totius con- 
solationis, qui consolatur nos in omni 
tribulatione nostra. 
jR. Deo gratias. 

The Hymn. 

LUCIS Creator optime! 
Lucem dierum proferens, 



Vespers. 



5i3 



Instead of this, the following is often said : 
Psalm cxvi. Laudate Dominion. 

O PRAISE the Lord, all ye na- 
tions : praise him, all ye peoples: 

For his mercy is confirmed upon us : 
and the truth of the Lord remaineth 
forever. 

Capitulum, or Little Chapter.— 2 Cor. t. 

BLESSED be the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the 
Father of mercies, and the God of all 
comfort, who comforteth us in all our 
tribulation. 

R. Thanks be to God. 

The Hymn. 

O BLEST Creator of the light ! 
Who dost the dawn from dark- 
33-s. Heart, ness bring ; 



5 1 4 Vespers. 
Primordiis lucis novae, 

Mundi parans originem. 

Qui mane junctum vesperi, 
Diem vocari prsecipis ; 

Illabitur tetrum chaos ; 

Audi preces cum fletibus ; 
Ne mens, gravata crimine, 

Vitae sit exul munere ; 
Dum nil perenne cogitat, 
Seseque culpis illigat. 

Coeleste pulset ostium, 

Vitale tollat praemium : 
Vitemus omne noxium : 
Purgemus omne pessimum. 



Vespers. 5 1 5 

And framing Nature's depth and 
height, 

Didst with the new-born light 
begin : 

Who, gently blending eve with morn, 
And morn with eve, didst call them 
day; 

Thick flows the flood of darkness 
down ; 

O, hear us as we weep and pray ! 

Keep thou our souls from schemes of 
crime, 

Nor guilt remorseful let them know ; 
Nor, thinking but on things of time, 
Into eternal darkness go. 

Teach us to knock at heavens high 
door ; 

Teach us the prize of life to win ; 
Teach us all evil to abhor, 
And purify ourselves within. 



5i6 



Vespers. 



Praesta, Pater piissime ! 
Patrique compar unice, 
Cum Spiritu Paraclito, 
Regnans per omne saeculum. 

V. Dirigatur, Domine, oratio mea, 

R. Sicut incensum in conspectu tuo. 

The Magnificat, or Canticle of the 



_VJL Dominum. 

Et exultavit spiritus meus : in Deo 
salutari meo. 

Qui respexit humilitatem ancillae 
suae : ecce enim ex hoc beatam me 
dicent omnes generationes. 

Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens 
est : et sanctum nomen ejus. 



Blessed Virgin. 




anima mea 



Vespers. 5 17 



Father of mercies, hear our cry ! 

Hear us, O sole-begotten Son ! 
Who, with the Holy Ghost most high, 

Reignest while endless ages run. 
Amen. 

V. May my prayer, O Lord, be di- 
rected, 

R. Like incense in thy sight. 

The Magnificat, or Canticle of the 
Blessed Virgin. 

^VI Y soul doth magnify the Lord. 

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God 
my Saviour. 

Because he hath regarded the hu- i 
mility of his handmaid : for behold 
from henceforth all generations shall 
call me blessed. 

Because he that is mighty hath done 
great things to me : and holy is his 
name. 



5i8 



Vespers. 



Et misericordia ejus a progenie in 
progenies : timentibus eum. 

Fecit potentiam in brachio suo : 
dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. 

Deposuit potentes de sede : et ex- 
altavit humiles. 

Esurientes implevit bonis : et divites 
dimisit inanes. 

Suscepit Israel puerum suum : re- 
cordatus misericordiae suae. 

Sicut locutus est ad patres nostras : 
Abraham et semini ejus in specula. 

Gloria Patri, etc. 

Here follow the proper Collect and the Com- 
memorations. 



VBENEDICAMUS Domino. 
# R. Deo gratias. 



Vespers. 



5 1 9 



And his mercy is from generation 
to generation to them that fear him. 

He hath showed might in his arm : 
he hath scattered the proud in the 
conceit of their heart. 

He hath put down the mighty from 
their seat : and hath exalted the hum- 
ble. 

He hath filled the hungry with good 
things : and the rich he hath sent 
empty away. 

He hath received Israel his servant, 
being mindful of his mercy. 

As he spoke to our fathers : to 
Abraham, and to his seed forever. 

Glory be to the Father, etc. 

Here follow the proper Collect and the Com- 
memorations. 



VLET us bless the Lord. 
# R. Thanks be to God. 



520 Anthems of the 

V. Fidelium animae per misericor- 
diam Dei requiescat in pace. 

R. Amen. 
Pater noster. 

V. Dominus det nobis suam pacem 

R. Et vitam aeternam. 
Amen. 

Then is sung one of the following 
ANTHEMS. 

From the First Sunday of Advent to Candlemas 

ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER. 

ALMA Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia coeli 
Porta manes, et Stella maris, succurre cadenti 
Surgere qui curat populo ; tu quae genuisti, 
Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem, 
Virgo priiis ac posterius ; Gabrielis ab ore, 
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere, 



Blessed Virgin. Si i 



V. May the souls of the faithful, 
through the mercy of God, rest in 
peace. 

R. Amen. 

Our Father. 

V. May the Lord grant us his 
peace. 

R. And life everlasting. 
Amen. 

Then is sung one of the following 
ANTHEMS. 

From the First Sunday of Advent to Candlemas. 

ALMA REDEMPTORIS MATER, 

MOTHER of Jesus, heaven's open Gate, 
Star of the sea, uphold our fallen state. 
O thou, whose sacred womb thy Maker bore, 
Remaining ever virginal and pure, 
From sinful lips receive that earnest Hail, 
Which first from Gabriel, hallowed herald, fell. 



522 



Anthems of the 



From the first Sunday of Advent to Christmas, 
the following V. and Prayer are used. 

V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. 
R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. 

Oremus. 

GRATIAM tuam, quaesumus, Domine, 
mentibus nostris infunde : ut qui 
angelo nuntiante Christi Filii tui incarna- 
tionem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et 
crucem ad resurrectionis gloriam perdu- 
camur, per eundem Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 
Amen. 

V, Divinum auxilium maneat semper 
nobiscum. 
R. Amen. 

From Christmas to Purification, the following V. 
and Prayer are used instead of the foregoing. 

V. Post partum, virgo inviolata per- 
mansisti. 



Blessed Virgin. 523 



From the first Sunday of Advent to Christmas, 
the following V. and Prayer are used. 

V. The Angel of the Lord declared 
unto Mary. 

R. And she conceived by the Holy 
Ghost. 

Let us Pray. 

POUR forth, we beseech thee, O Lord, 
thy grace into our hearts, that we, 
to whom the incarnation of Christ thy 
Son has been made known by the message 
of an angel, may, by his passion and 
Cross, be brought to the glory of his resur- 
rection, through the same Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

V. May the divine assistance remain 
always with us. 
R. Amen. 

From Christmas to Purification, the following V. 
and Prayer are used instead of the foregoing. 

V. After childbirth thou didst remain 
an inviolate Virgin. 



524 Anthems of the 

R. Dei genitrix, intercede pro nobis. 



Oremus. 

DEUS, qui salutis aeternas beatae Ma- 
riae virginitate foecunda humane 
generi prsemia praestitisti ; tribue, quaesu- 
mus, ut ipsam pro nobis intercedere sen- 
tiamus, per quam meruimus Auctorem 
vitae suscipere Dominum nostrum Jesum 
Christum Filium tuum. 

R. Amen. 

V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper 
nobiscum. 
R. Amen. 

Anthem from the Purification till Easter. 

AVE Regina coelorum ; 
Ave, Domina Angelorum, 
Salve, radix, salve, porta, 
Ex qua mundo lux est orta. 



Blessed Virgin. 525 

R. Mother of God, make intercession 
for us. 

Let ms pray. 

OGOD, who, by the fruitful Virginity 
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, hast 
given to mankind the rewards of eternal 
salvation ; grant, we beseech thee, that 
we may experience her intercession for us, 
through whom we have received the Au- 
thor of life, our Lord Jesus Christ, thy 
Son. 
R. Amen. 

V. May the divine assistance remain 
always with us. 
R. Amen. 



Anthem from the Purification till Easter. 

HAIL, O Queen of Heaven enthroned J 
Hail, by angels mistress own'd ! 
Root of Jesse ! Gate of morn ! 
Whence the world's true Light was born, 



526 Anthems of the 

Gaude, virgo gloriosa, 
Super omnes speciosa ; 
Vale, o valde decora, 
Et pro nobis Christum exora. 

Vs Dignare me laudare te, virgo sacrata. 
R. Da mihi virtutem contra hostes tuos. 
Orernus. 

CONCEDE, misericors Deus, fragilita- 
ti nostrae praesidium ; ut qui sanc- 
tae Dei genitricis memoriam agimus, in- 
tercessionis ejus auxilio a nostris iniquita- 
tibus resurgamus. Per eundem Christum 
Dominum nostrum. 
R. Amen. 

V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper 
nobiscum. 
R. Amen. 

From Easter to Trinity Eve. 
J^EGINA cceli laetare, Alleluia ; 

Quia quern meruisti portare, Alleluia; 



Blessed Virgin. S2J 



Glorious Virgin, joy to thee, 
Loveliest whom in heaven they see ; 
Fairest thou where all are fair ! 
Plead with Christ our sins to spare. 

V. Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, O 
sacred Virgin. 

R. Give me strength against thy ene- 
mies. 

Let us pray. 

GRANT, O merciful God, support to 
our frailty : that we who commem- 
orate the Holy Mother of God, may, by 
the help of her intercession, arise from 
our iniquities. Through the same Christ 
our Lord. 
R. Amen. 

V. May the divine assistance remain 
always with us. 
R. Amen. 

From Easter to Trinity Eve. 

O QUEEN of heaven, rejoice, Alle- 
luia; 

For he whom thou didst deserve to 
bear, Alleluia ; 



528 



Anthems of the 



Resurrexit, slcut dixit, Alleluia. 
Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia. 
K Gaude et lsetare, Virgo Maria, Alle- 
luia. 

R. Quia surrexit Dominus vere, Alle- 



-L/ tui Domini nostri Jesu Christi, 

mundum laetificare dignatus es, praesta 

qussumus, ut per ejus genitricem vir- 
ginem Mariam perpetuae capiamus gaudia 

vitae. Per eundem Christum Dominum 
nostrum. 
R. Amen. 

From Trinity Sunday to Advent. 
ALVE, regina, Mater misericordiae ! 



O vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra, salve. 

Ad te clamamus, exules filii Evae. Ad 
te suspiramus, gementes et flentes, in hac 
lacrymarum valle. 



luia. 



Oremus. 




resurrectionem Filii 




Blessed Virgin. 529 



Is risen again as he said, Alleluia. 
Pray for us to God, Alleluia. 
V. Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, 
Alleluia. 

R. Because our Lord is truly risen Al- 
leluia. 

Let us pray, 

OGOD, who, by the resurrection of 
thy Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, 
hast been pleased to fill the world with 
joy, grant, we beseech thee, that by the 
Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may receive 
the joys of eternal life. Through the 
same Christ our Lord. 
R. Amen. 

From Trinity Sunday to Advent. 

HAIL, O Queen, O Mother of Mercy! 
hail, our life, our comfort, and our 

hope. 

We, the banished children of Eve, cry 
unto thee. To thee we send up our sighs, 
groaning and weeping in this vale of tears. 

34— S. Heart, 



530 Anthems of the 

Eia ergo advocata nostra, illos tuos mi- 
sericordes oculos ad nos converte. 

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris 
tui, nobis post hoc exilium ostende. 

O clemens, O pia, O dulcis Virgo Ma- 
ria. 

V. Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genitrix ; 
R. Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus 
Christi. 

Oremus. 

OMNIPOTENS sempiterne Deus, qui 
gloriosae Virginis Matris Mariae 
corpus et animam, ut dignum Filii tui 
habitaculum effici mereretur, Spiritu Sanc- 
to cooperante, praeparasti: da ut cujus 
commemoratione laetamur, ejus pia inter- 
cessione ab instantibus malis, et a morte 
perpetua liberemur. Per eundem Chris- 
tum Dominum nostrum. 

R. Amen. 

V. Divinum auxilium maneat semper 
nobiscum. 
R. Amen. 



Blessed Virgin. 531 



Come, then, our advocate, and look 
upon us with those pitying eyes. 

And after this our banishment, show us 
Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb. 

O merciful, O compassionate, O sweet 
Virgin Mary. 

V. Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God. 

R. That we may be made worthy of 
the promises of Christ. 

Let us pray. 

ALMIGHTY and eternal God, who by 
the co-operation of the Holy Ghost, 
didst prepare the body and soul of the 
glorious Virgin Mother, Mary, that she 
might become a worthy habitation for thy 
Son ; grant that, as with joy we celebrate 
her memory, so by her pious intercession 
we may be delivered from present evils 
and eternal death : through the same 
Christ our Lord. 
R. Amen. 

V. May the divine assistance always 
remain with us. 
R. Amen. 

j 



EXPOSITION AND BENEDICTION 

OF THE 

MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. 



When the Priest opens the Tabernacle, and incenses 
the Blessed Sacrament, is sung the 

Hymn, O Salutaris. 

OSALUTARIS SAVING Victim, 

Hostia, V-r opening wide 

Quae cceli pandis ostium; The gate of heaven to man 
Bella premunt hostilia, below ! 

Da robur, fer auxilium. Our foes press on from 

every side ; 
Thine aid supply, thy 
strength bestow. 



Benediction cf B. Sacrament. 533 



Uni trinoque, Domino 
Sit sempiterna gloria, 
Qui vitam sine termino 
Nobis donet in patria. 



To thy great name be end- 
less praise, 
Immortal Godhead, one in 
three ! 

Oh, grant us endless length 

of days 
In our true native land 
with thee. 
Amen. Amen. 

Then is sung the 
Hymn, Tantum ergo Sacramentum. 



T 



MXTUM ergo Sac- 
ramentum 
Veneremur cernui: 
Et antiquum documentum 
Novo cedat ritui ; 
Praestet fides supplemen- 
tum 

Sensuum defectui. 



Genitori, Genitoque 
Laus et jubilatio, 
Salus, honor, virtus quoque 
Sit et benedictio: 
Procedenti ab utroque 
Compar sit laudatio. 



^OWN in adoration 
falling, 
Lo 1 the sacred Host we 
hail; 

Lo ! o'er ancient forms 

departing, 
Newer rites of grace pre- 

: vail : 

Faith for all defects sup- 
plying 

"Where the feeble sensesfail. 

To the everlasting Father, 
And the Son who reigns 

on high, 
With the Holy Ghost pro- 
ceeding 
Forth from each eternally, 
Be salvation, honor, bless- 
ing, 

Might and endless majesty ! 



534 Benediction of the 



V. Panem de coelo 
praestitisti eis. [Al- 
leluia.] 

R. Omne delecta- 
mentum in se ha- 
bentem. [Alleluia.] 

Oremus. 

DEUS qui 
nobis, sub 
sacramento mirabiii, 
passionis tuae memo- 
riam reliquisti : tri- 
bue, quaesumus, ita 
nos corporis et san- 
guinis tui sacra mys- 
teria venerari, ut re- 
demptionis tui fruc- 
tum in nobis jugiter 
sentiamus. Qui vi- 
vis et regnas in 
saecula saeculorum. 
Amen. 



V. Thou didst 
give them bread 
from heaven. [Alle- 
luia.] 

R. Containing in 
itself all sweetness. 
[Alleluia.] 

Let us pray. 

OGOD, who 
has left us 
in this wonderful 
Sacrament a perpet- 
ual memorial of thy 
passion : grant us, 
we beseech thee, so 
to reverence the sa- 
cred mysteries of 
thy Body and Blood, 
that we may contin- 
ually find in our 
souls the fruit of thy 
Redemption: Thou 
wholivest and reign- 
est world without 
end. Amen. 



Blessed Sacrame7tt. 5 35 



After the Priest has chanted this prayer, the white veil is 
laid over his shoulders, and he then mounts the steps 
of the altar, and taking in his hands the monstrance 
which contains the Blessed Sacrament, gives the 
Benediction by making with it over the Congregation 
the sign of the Cross. At this moment kneel more 
profoundly than before, to receive this divine blessing 
of your Saviour, and say : 

OMY GOD, I am sorry — I am sorry 
for my sins: forgive me them, and 
give me my part in this heavenly blessing ! I 
I love thee, I will love thee always, and 
seek to please thee in every thought, in 
every word, and every action of my life, 
efi In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. 





DEVOTION OF THE FORTY HOURS. 



I. — Its Institution, and tlie Indulgences 
attached. 

THE forty hours adoration of the Bless- 
ed Sacrament was introduced first in 
Milan, in the year 1534, in memory of the 
forty hours during which the Sacred Body of 
our Lord reposed in the Sepulchre. This 
pious exercise spread afterwards to other 
cities of Italy, and by the instrumentality 
of St. Philip Neri, was celebrated at Rome, 
especially, with great solemnity, A. D. 
1548, in the Church of the most Holy 
Trinity of the Pilgrims, on the first Sun- 
day of every month, and A. D, 155 1, on 



Devotion of the Forty Honrs. 537 

every third Sunday of the month in the 
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of 
Prayer, In other churches also, this pious 
exercise was practiced, that the devotion 
of the faithful towards this most Holy 
Sacrament might be satisfied. Finally in 
the year 1592, Clement VIII., in his Con- 
stitution Graves et diutiirncz (Nov. 25), 
seeking a heavenly remedy for the public 
calamities of the Church, ordained that 
this Devotion of the Forty Hours, begin- 
ning from the first Sunday of Advent, on 
which day it would be celebrated every 
year in the Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, 
should proceed from one church of the 
city of Rome to another successively, so 
that through the whole course of the year 
the faithful should be able to visit some- 
where, their Lord in the most holy Sacra- 
ment, exposed to public veneration, and 
should embrace the occasion of pouring 
forth their prayers, day and night before 
him, and of craving his mercy in their ne- 
cessities. The same holy pontiff conceded 
moreover, many Indulgences to all the 



I 538 Devotion of the 

faithful, who should pray devoutly before 
the most holy Sacrament thus exposed. 
Pope Paul V. (10 May, A. D. 1606) con- 
firmed the same, and made them perpet- 
ual, 

2 . — Ind u Igences. 

THE indulgences which may be gained 
by the faithful during this pious 
devotion of the Forty Hours, are as 
follows : 

1. A Plenary Indulgence to those who, 
after Confession and Holy Communion, 
devoutly visit for a becoming space of 
time, the church where the Most Holy 
Sacrament is exposed. 

2. A Partial Indulgence of ten years 
and as many quarantines to those who 
visit the church in which the Most Holy 
Sacrament is exposed, with a firm resolu- 
tion to make a good confession, to be 
gained every time they make such a visit. 
Both these Indulgences may be applied 
by way of suffrage, to the souls in Purga- 

! tory, according to the rescript of Pius 



Foi'ty Hours. 539 



VIII., 12 May, A. D. 1817. Besides all 
these spiritual favors, all the altars of the 
church in which the Forty Hours are 
celebrated, are declared privileged during 
the celebration of this pious exercise. 




540 Universal Prayer. 




An Universal Prayer, 
For all things necessary to Salvation. 

OMY God, I believe in thee, do thou 
strengthen my faith. All my hopes 
are in thee, do thou secure them. I love 
thee with my whole heart, teach me to 
love thee daily more and more. I am 
sorry that I have offended thee : do thou 
increase my sorrow. 

I adore thee as my first beginning. I 
aspire after thee as my last end. I give 
thee thanks as my constant Benefactor : 
I call upon thee as my sovereign Protec- 
tor. 



Universal Prayer. 541 



Vouchsafe, 0 my God, to conduct me ; 
by thy wisdom, to restrain me by thy jus- 
tice, to comfort me by thy mercy, to de- 
fend me by thy power. 

To thee I desire to consecrate all my 
thoughts, words, actions, and sufferings ; 
that henceforward I may think of thee ; 
speak of thee, willingly refer all my actions 
to thy greater glory, and suffer willingly 
whatever thou shalt appoint. 

Lord, I desire that in all things thy will 
may be done, because it is thy will, and in 
the manner thou wiliest. 

I beg of thee to enlighten my under- 
standing, to inflame my will, to purify my 
body, and to sanctify my soul. 

Give me strength, O my God, to expiate 
my offences, to overcome my temptations, 
to subdue my passions, and to acquire the 
virtues proper for my state. 

Fill my heart with a tender affection for 
thy goodness, a hatred for my faults, a 
love for my neighbor, and a contempt of 
the world. 

Let me always remember to be submisr 



542 Universal Prayer. 

sive to my superiors, condescending to my 
inferiors, faithful to my friends, and char- 
itable to my enemies. 

Assist me to overcome sensuality by 
mortification, avarice by almsdeeds, anger 
by meekness, and tepidity by devotion. 

0 my God, make me prudent in my 
undertakings, courageous in dangers, pa- 
tient in afflictions, and humble in pros- 
perity. 

Grant that I may be ever attentive at 
my prayers, temperate at my meals, dili- 
gent in my employments, and constant in 
my good resolutions. 

Let my conscience be ever upright and 
pure, my exterior modest, my conversation 
edifying, and my comportment regular. 

Assist me that I may continually labor 
to overcome nature, to correspond with 
thy grace, to keep thy commandments, 
and to work out my salvation. 

Discover to me, O my God, the nothing- 
ness of this world, the greatness of Heaven, 
the shortness of time, and the length of 
eternity. 



Universal Prayer. 543 

Grant that I may prepare for death, that 
I may fear thy judgments, that I may es- 
cape Hell, and in the end obtain Heaven, 
through the merits of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. Amen, 





* PRAYERS FOR A GOOD DEATH. 



LORD Jesus, God of goodness, Father 
of mercies, I stand before thee with 
I heart humbled, contrite, and full of com- 
punction ; to thee I commend my last 
\ hour and all that awaits me after it. 

"When my feet motionless shall warn me 
that my course is well-nigh run, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my hands, trembling and be- 
numbed, shall no more be able to clasp 
thee crucified, and spite of myself I am 
forced to let thee fall upon my painful bed, 
Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 



Prayers. 645 



When my eyes, dim and distorted at the 
dread of approaching death, shall fix on 
thee their languid dying balls, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my lips, cold and quivering, shall 
say for the last time thy most adorable 
Name, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my cheeks, pale and livid, inspire 
the bystanders with compassion and awe, 
and my hair, bathed in the sweat of death, 
stands up upon my head and declares my 
hour is come, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

"When my ears, soon to be shut for ever 
to the words of men, shall be opened to 
hear thy voice pronouncing the sentence 
by which my condition is to be irrevocably 
fixed for all eternity, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my imagination, preyed upon by 
horrible and fearful spectres, shall be 
drowned in mortal woe, and my spirit, 
stricken with the sight of my ill-doings 

35-S, Heart. 



546 Prayers for a 

and the fear of thy justice, shall wrestle 
with the powers of darkness, striving to 
take from me the consoling sight of thy 
mercies and to cast me down headlong 
into the pit of despair, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my weak heart, borne down with 
the pain of my disease, shall be overtaken 
with the horror of death, and be exhausted 
by the efforts it has made against the ene- 
mies of my salvation, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When I shed my last tears, sign of my 
dissolution, do thou receive them as an 
expiatory sacrifice, that so I may expire a 
victim of penance ; then in that dread 
moment, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When relatives and friends, compassing 
me round about, melt into tears at my 
sad state, and invoke thee in my behalf, 
Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my senses are gone, and the 
world has vanished from my sight ; and 



Good Death. 547 



when 111 the anguish of my last agony and 
in the affright of death I groan, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When the heart's last sobs shall force 
my soul to depart from my body, do thou 
accept these sobs as the children of a holy 
impatience, eager to come to thee ; and 
then do thou, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 

When my soul, long tarrying upon the 
brink of my lips, shall issue for ever out of 
this world, and leave my body pale, cold, 
and lifeless, O do thou accept this disso- 
lution of my being as the homage which I 
render thy divine Majesty; and then do 
thou, 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 
Last of all, when my soul shall appear 
before thee, and for the first time see the 
immortal brightness of thy majesty, O 
cast it not away from thy presence, but 
vouchsafe to receive it into the loving 
bosom of thy tender mercy, there for ever 
to sing thy praises, world without end. 

Merciful Jesus, have pity upon me. 



543 



Good Death. 



Prayer. 



GOD, who condemning all men once 



to die, hast yet concealed from them 
the moment and the hour of their death ; 
grant that I, passing all the days of my 
life in justice and in holiness, may be 
made worthy to depart out of this world 
in thy holy love. Through the merits of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and 
reigneth with thee in the unity of the 
Holy Ghost. Amen. 






INSTRUCTIONS AND 



DEVOTIONS FOR THE SICK. 



1. IF attacked by any serious illness, let it be 
your first care to send for your spiritual director, 
and settle the state of your soul, which is much 
better done at the beginning than afterwards, 
when the violence of the disorder, or the quality 
of the remedies may render you incapable of 
performing so great a work. Sickness is fre- 
quently the punishment of sin, and, therefore, 
a sincere repentance and confession are often a 
more effectual means of recovery than any 
other. 

2. If your will be not already made, as in 
prudence it ought, let this also be done in the 



55o Devotions for the 



beginning of your sickness, that so having 
settled your temporal concerns, you may apply 
your soul without disturbance to your spiritual 
ones. 

3. Engage your best friends to give you 
timely notice whether your distemper be dan- 
gerous, and not to flatter you with the hopes of 
life when there are little or no grounds for hope. 
Make the best use possible of that time, which 
perhaps is to be your last. Admit but of few 
visits, nor of any other discourse than such as 
may be for the profit of your soul. 

4. Be careful also to discharge your debts, 
and all other obligations incumbent upon you, 
at the beginning of your sickness ; forgive those 
who have anyways injured you, and ask pardon 
of those whom you have injured. 

5. Receive your sickness as coming from the 
hands of God, with a perfect resignation to his 
holy will, and as a just punishment of your 
offences. Frequently offer yourself up to him, 
and beg that he would grant you patience, sanc- 
tify your sufferings, and accept of them in union 
with those of Jesus Christ your Saviour, in satis- 
faction of the punishment due to your sins. 

6. Procure some friend to read to you such 
prayers as are most affecting and proper for 



Use of the Sick. 55 1 



your condition, such as the Penitential Psalms, 
the Litanies, Acts of the Love of God, of 
patience, resignation, etc. 

7. Place a crucifix, or figure of Christ cruci- 
fied always before your eyes, in order to think 
often upon his passion ; hide yourself in spirit 
in his wounds, and embrace his feet with the 
utmost affection of your soul. 

8. Endeavor, as much as possible, to acquire 
a penitential spirit during your sickness ; call 
often upon God for mercy, and make frequent 
acts of contrition for your sins. St. Augustine 
used to say, that no Christian, however inno- 
cent his life might have been, ought to venture 
to die in any other state than that of a penitent. 

A Daily Prayer in time of Sickness. 

LORD Jesus Christ, behold, I receive 
this sickness with which thou art 
pleased to visit me, as coming from thy 
fatherly hand. It is thy will it should be 
thus with me, and therefore I submit: 
" Thy will be done on earth as it is in 
Heaven. " May this sickness be to the 
honor of thy holy name, and to the good 
of my soul. For this end, I here offe" 



! 552 Devotions for the 

myself with an entire submission to thy 
appointments ; to suffer whatever thou 
pleasest, as long, and in what manner 
thou pleasest. For I, thy creature, O 
Lord, have most ungratefully offended 
thee ; and as my sins have long since 
cried aloud to Heaven for justice, how 
can I now complain of thy chastisements ? 
No, my God, thou art just in all thy ways; 
I have truly deserved thy punishment, 
and therefore can have no reason to com- 
plain of thee, but rather of my own wick- 
edness. 

" Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy fury, 
nor chastise me in thy wrath ; " but have 
compassion on my weakness. Thou 
knowest my frailty, and that I am nothing 
' but dust and ashes. Deal not with me, 
; therefore, according to my sins, nor punish 
\ mk according to my iniquities : but ac- 
cording to the multitude of thy tender 
mercies have compassion on me. May 
thy justice, O Lord, be tempered with 
mercy; and let thy heavenly grace come 
to my assistance, to support me under 



Use of the Sick. 553 

this illness. Enable me with strength 
from above to bear all the uneasiness, 
pains, and difficulties of my sickness with 
Christian patience, and to accept them 
with cheerfulness, in just punishment of 
my offences. Preserve me from all temp- 
tations, and be thou to me a tower of 
strength against the assaults of the enemy, 
that in this illness I may no ways offend 
thee. And should it be my last, I beg of 
thee so to direct me by thy grace, that I 
may neither neglect nor be deprived of 
those helps which thou hast, in thy mercy, 
ordained for the safe conduct of my soul 
in its passage to eternity; that being per- 
fectly cleansed from all my sins, I may 
believe in thee, hope in thee, love thee 
above all things, and, through the merits 
of thy death and passion, be admitted 
into the company of the blessed, where I 
may praise thee for ever, Amen. 




554 Devotions for the 

Resolutions of the Sick. 

To be used by him, or suggested to him, from 
time to time, as ejaculations. 

1. I gratefully receive this sickness 
from the hand of my God. 

2. I shall constantly beg God's grace, 
that by his aid I may soon be equally 
ready to die or live. 

3. I will be patient in my sufferings. 

4. I pardon all who have offended me. 

5. I beg pardon of all I have in any 
way offended. 

6. I grieve with all my heart for having 
offended thee, O God, my sovereign good. 

7. I firmly believe all that God pro- 
poses to my belief, through his holy 
Church. 

8. I hope for the remission of all my 
sins, and life everlasting. 

9. I love thee, O Lord my God, above 
all things, and with all my heart. 

10. I wish to gain all the indulgences, 
of which I am capable. 

11. From this moment, and especially 



Use of the Sick. 555 



In the hour of my death, I wish to give 
token of sincere sorrow for my sins, to be 
absolved of them, and if my disease in- 
creases, and it is possible, to receive the 
most holy viaticum and extreme unction, 
and make Christ, my Saviour, heir of my 
soul and body. 

Sentences of Holy Scripture. 
For the instruction, encouragement, and edifica- 



rE have received good things at the 
hand of God, why should we not 



Through many tribulations we must 
enter into the kingdom of God (Acts xiv. 



The sufferings of this time are not 
worthy to be compared with the glory to 
come, which shall be revealed in us 
(Rom. viii. 18). 

That which is at present momentary 
and light, of our tribulation, worketh for 
us above measure exceedingly an eternal 



tion of the sick. 




receive evil? (Job ii. 10). 



21). 



556 Devotions for the 



weight of glory, while we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at the things 
which are not seen ; for the things which 
are seen are temporal, but the things 
which are not seen are eternal (2 Cor. 
iv. 17, 18). 

Call upon me in the day of trouble : I 
will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify 
me (Ps. xlix. 15). 

We are the children of saints, and look 
for that life which God will give to those 
who never change their faith from him 
(Tob. ii. 18). 

Be thou faithful unto death, and I will 
give thee the crown of life (Apoc. ii. 10). 

For whether we live, we live unto the 
Lord, or whether we die, we die unto the 
Lord ; therefore whether we live or 
whether we die we are the Lord's (Rom. 
xiv. 8). 

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 
neither hath it entered into the heart of 
man, what things God hath prepared for 
them that love him (2 Cor. ii. 9). 

The Lord is good to them that hope in 



Use of the Sick. 



557 



him, to the soul that seeketh him 
(Lament, iii. 25). 

The just hath hope in his death (Prov. 
xiv. 32). We have an advocate with the 
Father, Jesus Christ the just (1 John ii. 
1), who is at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us (Rom. 
viii. 34). 

A contrite and humble heart, O God, 
thou w T ilt not despise (Ps. i. 19). 

Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indig- 
nation, nor chastise me in thy wrath (Ps. 
xxxvii. 2). 

Thou art my helper and my protector : 
O my God, be not slack (Ps. xxxix. 18). 

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength : 
thou knowest, O Lord, that I love thee 
(Ps. xvii. 2 ; John xxi. 15). 

In thee, O Lord, have I hoped, let me 
never be confounded (Ps. xxx. 2). 

Father, not my will but thine be done 
(Luke xxii. 42). 

If the sickness prove serious, send for a clergy- 
man in time, and direct the room to be suitably 
prepared for the administration of the Sacraments. 



558 



Devotions for the 



Let no foolish fear induce you to defer this till 
sickness has weakened your body and mind. 

Holy Communion as a Viaticum. 

THE viaticum is the Holy Eucharist adminis- 
tered with the intention of preparing the 
sick for death. 

When the priest has been called to give com- 
munion to a sick person, or to administer the last 
sacraments to the dying, care must be taken that 
the room is clean, and in perfect order. 

A table must be got ready and covered with a 
white linen cloth, on which should be placed two 
candles and a crucifix, and a glass of pure water 
from the spring or well, and if there is any holy 
water in the house, place it near by, or at the door 
of the chamber. A clean white napkin should 
also be furnished, to serve as a communion-cloth. 

When the priest arrives with the Blessed 
Sacrament, all should kneel and maintain the 
utmost reverence and quiet, till the sick person's 
thanksgiving is finished. 

Prayers before Receiving the Holy Viati- 
cum, or Communion in Sickness. 

O INFINITELY merciful Jesus! a 
great journey is before me, from 



Use of the Sick. 559 

this world to eternity. May thy most 
holy will be done, my heart is ready. Yes, 
let me depart from this world, for so it 
pleases thee. 

But what can I do without thee, thou 
who art the Way, the Truth, and the Life ! 
Without thee, I should perish of hunger 
and thirst on the way. 

Come then, O merciful Jesus, before I 
die. Come, and delay not ; strengthen me 
through the most holy Sacrament of the 
altar ; strengthen me with thy most holy 
Flesh and Blood, that by the power of 
this strong Bread of angels I may attain 
to the view of thy divine countenance. 

As the hart panteth after the fresh foun- 
tains of water, so my soul longs for thee, 
O my God, thou living fountain of all 
good. O, when shall I come and appear 
before thy face? When shall my feet 
stand in thy delightful tabernacles, in the 
house of my Lord? 

Why art thou sorrowful, O my soul, 
and why art thou disquieted? Hope in 
God. See ! thy Beloved comes. He will 



56o 



Devotions for the 



come, strengthen thee, and take thee from 
the desert of this life to thy heavenly- 
home. 

Ah, come then, my Saviour ! come, be- 
loved Jesus, come, and tarry not too long ! 
I I desire to enjoy thee as the true paschal 
Lamb, before I depart and die. 

Come, O sweetest Jesus, come and 
| enter my heart, unite thyself to me, re- 
main with me, until I have overcome 
everything, and have conquered death. 

Come, O Jesus, come and lead me to 
the heavenly banquet in thy Father's 
house ! Prepare for me a dwelling there, 
as thou hast promised, that I may be for 
ever with thee, and rejoice with thee for 
ever ! Amen. 

A Prayer before Extreme Unction. 



LORD, thou hast mercifully provid- 



ed remedies for all our necessities ; 
grant me thy grace to use them, that my 
soul may receive all those good effects 
which thou didst intend in theirinstitution. 
I desire now to be anointed, as thou hast 




Use of the Sick. 



56i 



commanded by thy Apostle ; grant, I be- 
seech thee, that by this holy unction, and 
the prayers of the Church, I may partake 
of that spirit with which Christ suffered on 
the Cross, for thy glory, and for the de- 
struction of sin. Give me true patience to 
support all the pains and trouble of my 
illness ; give me an inward strength to re- 
sist all the temptations of the enemy; give 
me grace for the pardon of all my failings; 
give me that true light, by which I may 
be conducted through the shadow of death 
to eternal happiness ; and if my health be 
expedient for thy glory, let this be the 
means to restore it. Behold, I approach 
to this holy Sacrament with a firm faith 
and confidence in thy goodness, that thou 
wilt not forsake me in this time of my dis- 
tress ; but that thou wilt stand by me with 
thy grace, and defend me from all evil, 
and prepare my soul for a happy passage. 

A Prayer after Extreme Unction. 

HEAR our prayers, O God ! in behalf 
of Thy servant, and since Thou 

3&»S. Httart 



562 Devotions for the 



hast shown this mercy to him as to admit 
him to the helps of Thy Church, grant 
he may partake of the effects of them, 
even those which Thou hast appointed 
for the comfort of the poor souls in 
the day of their distress. Grant him a 
full discharge of all his sins, that when- 
ever he shall appear before Thee, the 
enemy may find nothing against him. 
Stand Thou by him, we beseech Thee, 
and be his protector against all evils, let 
Thy grace comfort him, and heavenly 
strength support him, that however he be 
weak of himself, yet through Thy assist- 
ance he may stand in this day of trial and 
cheerfully submit to whatever Thou hast 
appointed for him. Restore him to health 
if Thou knowest it expedient for him, but 
if Thou hast ordained it otherwise, grant 
him a happy passage, and admit him into 
the number of the blessed, through the 
merits of Thy dear Son, who liveth and 
reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the 
Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 



Use of the Sick. 563 



Prayer. 



(Proper to be recited by the assistants, when 
the dying person is in the extremity and unable 
to speak for himself.) 

T ORD Jesus Christ! we beseech Thee 



J 4 by Thy bitter agony and prayer 

in the garden, that Thou wouldst be pleas- 
ed to be an advocate with the eternal 
Father in behalf of this Thy servant. 
Our Father, Hail Mary. 

LORD Jesus Christ ! who wast pleased 
to suffer death on the Cross for us, 
we beseech Thee to offer up all that 
anguish and pain which Thou then endur- 
edst, and most especially at the hour of Thy 
death, in behalf of this Thy servant. 
Our Father, Hail Mary. 

LORD Jesus Christ ! who hadst such 
love for men, as to become man 
for his salvation, we beseech Thee to show 




564 Devotions for the Sick. 



this chanty and goodness of Thine to 
the eternal Father, let that appear in 
behalf of Thy servant, plead his cause, 
that by Thy powerful mediation he may 
be freed from his sins, that he may be safe 
at the hour of his departure, and find the 
gate of life open to him. Our Father, 
Hail Mary. 





LITANY FOR A SOUL DEPARTING. 



LORD, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Holy Mary. 

All ye holy angels and archangels, 
Holy Abel, 

All ye choirs of the just, 
Holy Abraham, 
St. John the Baptist. 
St. Joseph, 

All ye patriarchs and prophets, 
SS. Peter and Paul, 
St. Andrew, 



566 Litany for a 



St. John, 

All ye holy apostles and evangelists, 
All ye holy disciples of the Lord, 
All ye Holy Innocents, 
St. Stephen, 
St. Laurence, 
All ye holy martyrs, 
St. Sylvester, 
St. Gregory, 
St. Augustine, 

All ye holy bishops and confessors, 
St. Benedict, 
St. Francis, 

All ye holy monks and hermits, 
St. Mary Magdalen, 
St. Lucy, 

All ye holy virgins and widows, 
All ye saints of God, Make intercession 

for him [her]. 
Be merciful, Spare him [her], O Lord. 
Be merciful, Deliver him [her], O Lord. 
From thy anger, Deliver him [her], O 

Lord. 

From the danger of death, Deliver him 
[her] , O Lord. 



Soul Departing. 



567 



From an unhappy death, 
From the pains of hell, 
From all evil, 

From the power of the devil, 
By thy nativity, 
By thy cross and passion, 
By thy death and burial, 
By thy glorious resurrection, 
By thy admirable ascension, 




By the grace of the Holy Ghost, the j ^ 



We sinners, Beseech thee to hear us. 

That thou spare him [her], We beseech 

thee to hear us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 
Christ, have mercy on us. 
Lord, have mercy on us. 



DEPART, Christian soul, out of this 
world, in the name of God, the 
Father Almighty, who created thee : In 
the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the 
living God, who suffered for thee ; In the 



Comforter, 
In the day of judgment, 



J 



Let us pray. 



568 Litany for a 



name of the Holy Ghost, who sanctified 
thee: In the name of the angels, arch- 
angels, thrones and dominations, cherubim 
and seraphim : In the name of the patri- 
archs and prophets, of the holy apostles 
and evangelists, of the holy martyrs and 
confessors, of the holy monks and hermits, 
of the holy virgins and of all the saints of 
God ; let thy place be this day in peace, 
and thy abode in holy Sion, through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

God of mercy, God of goodness! O 
God, who, according to the multitude of 
thy mercies, forgivest the sins of such as 
repent, and graciously remittest the guilt 
of their past offences, mercifully regard 
this thy servant N., and grant him \_hcr] a 
full discharge from all his \1ier\ sins, who 
most earnestly begs it of thee. Remove, 
O merciful Father, whatever is corrupt in 
him \_her\ through human frailty, or by the 
snares of the enemy; make him \Jier\ a 
true member of the Church, and let him 
\Jier\ partake of the fruit of thy redemp- 
tion. Have compassion, Lord, on his 



Soul Departing. 569 

[her] tears, and admit him [her] to the re- 
conciliation with thee, who has no hope 
but in thee, through Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 

I recommend thee, dear brother [sister], 
to Almighty God, and leave thee to his 
mercy, whose creature thou art ; that 
having paid the common debt, by surren- 
dering thy soul, thou mayest return to 
thy Maker, who formed thee out of the 
earth. Let, therefore, the splendid com- 
pany of angels meet thy soul at its de- 
parture ; let the court of the apostles 
receive thee ; let the triumphant army of 
glorious martyrs conduct thee ; let the 
crowds of joyful confessors encompass 
thee ; let the choir of blessed virgins go 
before thee ; and let a happy rest be thy 
portion in the company of the patriarchs ; 
let Christ Jesus appear to thee with a mild 
and cheerful countenance, and give thee a 
place among those who are to be in his 
presence for ever. Mayest thou be a 
stranger to all that which is punished 
with darkness, chastised with flames, and 



570 Litany for a 



condemned to torments. Let the wicked 
enemy, with all his evil spirits, depart 
from thee ; may he tremble at thy ap- 
proach in the company of angels, and 
retire into the horrid confusion of eternal 
night. May thy God arise, and thy ene- 
mies be put to flight. May all who hate 
him fly before his face. Let them vanish 
like smoke, and as wax before the fire, so 
let sinners perish in the sight of God ; but 
for the just, let them rejoice and be happy 
in his presence. May all the ministers of 
hell be filled with confusion and shame, 
and let no evil spirit dare to stop thee in 
thy way. Christ Jesus be thy deliverer, 
who was crucified for thee. Christ Jesus 
deliver thee from death, who vouchsafed 
to die for thee. Christ Jesus, Son of the 
living God, place thee in his garden of 
paradise, and may he, the true Shepherd, 
own thee for one of his flock. May he 
absolve thee from all thy sins, and place 
thee at his right hand in the inheritance 
of his elect. We pray it may be thy 
happy lot to behold thy Redeemer face to 



Soul Departing. 5 7 1 



face, to be ever in his presence, and in the 
vision of that truth, which is the joy of 
the blessed, and thus, placed among those 
happy spirits, mayest thou be ever filled 
with heavenly sweetness. Amen. 

Receive thy servant, O Lord, into the 
place of salvation, which he [she] hopes 
from thy mercy. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant 
from all dangers of hell, from all pain and 
tribulation. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Enoch and Elias, from 
the common death of the world. R. 
Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Noah from the flood. 
R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Abraham from the 
midst of the Chaldeans. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Job from all his afflic- 
tions. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 



572 



Litany for a 



as thou deliveredst Isaac from being sacri- 
ficed by his father. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Lot from Sodom, and 
the flames of fire. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Moses from the hand 
of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Daniel from the lions* 
den. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst the Three Children from 
the fiery furnace, and from the hands of 
an unmerciful king. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Susanna from her false 
accusers. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst David from the hands 
of Saul and Goliath. R. Amen. 

Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant, 
as thou deliveredst Peter and Paul out of 
prison. R. Amen. 

And as thou deliveredst that blessed 



Soul Departing. 



573 



virgin and martyr, St. Thecla, from most 
cruel torments, so vouchsafe to deliver the I 
soul of this thy servant, and bring it to 
the participation of thy heavenly joys. 
R. Amen. 



E commend to thee, O Lord, the 



V V soul of this thy servant, and be- 
seech thee, Jesus Christ, Redeemer of the j 
world, that as in mercy to him [her] thou j 
becamest man, so now thou wouldst I 
vouchsafe to admit him [her] into the 
number of the blessed. Remember, O J 
Lord, he [she] is thy creature, not made ! 
by strange gods, but by thee, the only 
true and living God ; for there is no other 
God but thee, none that can work thy 
wonders. Let his [her] soul find comfort 
in thy sight, and remember not his [her] 
former sins, nor any of those excesses 
which he [she] has fallen into through the 
violence of passion and corruption. For 
although he [she] has sinned, he [she] 
hath retained a true faith in thee, Father, 



Let us pray. 




574 Litany for a 

Son, and Holy Ghost ; he [she] has had 
zeal for thy honor, and faithfully adored 
thee, his [her] God and Creator of all 
things. 

Remember not, O Lord, we beseech 
thee, the sins and ignorance of his [her] 
youth ; but according to thy great mercy, 
be mindful of him [herj in thy eternal 
glory. Let the heavens be open to him 
[her\ and the angels rejoice with him 
[her]. Receive, O Lord, thy servant into 
thy kingdom. Let the archangel, St. 
Michael, the chief of the heavenly host, 
conduct him [her]. Let the holy angels 
of God meet him [her], and bring him 
[her] into the city of the heavenly Jerusa- 
lem. May blessed Peter, the apostle to 
whom were given the keys of the kingdom 
of Heaven, receive him [her]. May holy 
Paul, the apostle, who was a vessel of 
election, help him [her]. May St. John, 
the beloved disciple, to whom God re- 
vealed the secrets of Heaven, intercede 
for him [her]. May all the holy apostles, 
to whom was given the power of binding 



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and loosing, pray for him \_her\ May all 
the blessed and chosen servants of God, 
who in this world have suffered torments 
for the name of Christ, pray for him \_her\ 
That, being delivered from this body of 
corruption, he [she] may be admitted into 
the kingdom of Heaven, through the 
assistance and merits of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who liveth and reigneth with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, world with- 
out end. Amen. 

[If the dying person be in his senses, the follow- 
ing Acts may be made.] 

An Act of Thanksgiving. 

OMY God ! Thou hast created, re- 
deemed, and sanctified me. Thou 
hast preserved me in many dangers both 
of soul and body. Thou hast fed me with 
thy most blessed Body and Blood. Thou 
hast shown immense patience in bearing 
with my repeated crimes, and often called 
me to repentance. For those and all other 
blessings bestowed on me, a most ungrate- 
ful sinner, I offer thee innumerable thanks. 



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Litany for a 



Act of Resignation. 
MY God, I cheerfully receive the 



Ss *S certain summons of my death. It 
is a greater happiness to fulfil thy will 
than to enjoy ten thousand lives. O happy 
news of my departure ! I shall soon hear 
the choirs of angels sing thy immortal 
praises. Let slow death hasten on, that 
dying I may no more offend thee, but live 
with thee, and love thee eternally. 



I AM truly and heartily sorry for all my 
sins, not through the fear of hell, or 
hope of reward ; but for love of thee, my 
one and only God ; and were I beginning, 
as I am ending my life, I would not offend 
thee for a thousand worlds. O my God, do 
not despise a contrite and humble heart. 

[If the sick person still continues in distress of 
agony, it would be proper for the assistants to 
read again the foregoing Litany and Prayers, as 
often as may be necessary.] 

The soul being now departed, the following Re- 
sponsory is said. 

R. Come to his \_her\ assistance, all ye 




Act of Cojitrition* 



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saints of God; meet him \her\ 9 all ye 
angels of the Lord ; * Receiving his \_her\ 
soul; * Presenting it in the sight of the 
Most High. 

V. May Christ, who called thee, receive 
thee, and the angels conduct thee into the 
bosom of Abraham. 

R. Receiving his \1ier\ soul, and pre- 
senting it in the sight of the Most High. 

V. Eternal rest grant him \Jier\ O 
Lord. 

R. And let perpetual light shine unto 
him \_her\ Presenting it in the sight of 
the Most High. 

V. Lord, have mercy on us. 

R. Christ, have mercy on us. 

V. Lord, have mercy on us. 

Our Father, etc. 

V. And lead us not into temptation. 
R. But deliver us from evil. 
V. Eternal rest grant him \her\> O 
Lord. 

R. And let perpetual light shine unto 
him [her], 

V. From the gates of hell, 

37-S. Heart. 



578 Litany for a Soul Departing. 



R. Deliver his [her] soul, O Lord. 
K O Lord, hear my prayer. 
R. And let my supplications come to 
thee. 

Let us pray. 

TO thee, O Lord, we commend the 
soul of thy servant N. % that being 
dead to this world he [ske] may live to 
thee. And whatever sins he [she] has 
committed through human frailty, we be- 
seech thee in thy goodness mercifully to 
pardon, through Christ our Lord. R. 
Amen. 

Then, for a conclusion, may be added the follow- 
ing Prayer for the assistants. 

GRANT, O Lord, that while we here 
lament the departure of thy ser- 
vant, we may ever remember that we are 
most certainly to follow him [her]. Give 
us grace to prepare for that last hour, by 
a good life, that we may not be surprised 
by a sudden death, but be ever watching 
when thou shalt call, that so with the 
; spouse we may enter into eternal glory, 
through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. 




A REQUIEM MASS AT FUNERALS, 

OR FOR THE 

FAITHFUL DEPARTED. 



Prayer before Mass. 

O ETERNAL God ! who, besides the 
general precepts of charity, hast 
commanded a particular respect to be 
shown to parents, kindred, and benefac- 
tors, and by the institution of the Sacrifice 
of the Mass hast left us the means of tes- 
tifying our love and gratitude towards 



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them, even after death, vouchsafe that the 
Mass I this day offer, in union with thy 
minister, for the soul of N., may shorten 
his sufferings, if he be still detained in the 
purifying flames of purgatory. 

As there may be many of my friends, 
relatives, or ancestors, tormented in these 
intense flames, who were the instruments 
of thy Providence, in bestowing on me 
existence, education, and innumerable 
other blessings, grant that I may be the 
means of obtaining for them a speedy re- 
lease from their excessive sufferings, and 
a free admittance to thy eternal joys : 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

At the beginning of Mass. 

O ALMIGHTY God! to whom the 
spirits of the just live, and in whose 
holy custody are deposited the souls of 
all that depart hence in an inferior degree 
of grace, and are therefore detained in a 
state of suffering ; as we bless thee for 
the saints already admitted into thy glory, 



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so we humbly offer up our prayers for the 
afflicted souls who continually sigh after 
the day of their deliverance. 

If among them be the souls of those 
for whom we this day petition, vouchsafe 
to pardon their sins, that they may be- 
hold thee, and in thy glorious light eter- 
nally rejoice. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Introit. 



Requiem seter- 
nam dona eis, Do- 
mine ; et lux perpe- 
tua luceat eis. Ps. 
64. Te decet hym- 
nus, Deus, in Sion ; 
et tibi reddetur vo- 
tum in Jerusalem. 
Exaudi orationem 
meam : ad te omnis 
caro veniet. Re- 
quiem. 



Eternal rest 
give unto them, O 
Lord ; and let per- 
petual light shine 
upon them. Ps. 64. 
A hymn, O God, 
becometh thee in 
Sion ; and a vow 
shall be paid to 
thee in Jerusalem. 
O, hear my prayer: 
to thee all flesh shall 
come. Eternal, etc, 



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Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy 

(thrice) on us. 
Christe eleison. Christ have mercy 

(thrice) on us. 
Kyrie eleison. Lord have mercy 

(thrice) on us. 

The Gloria in Excelsis is omitted in all Masses for 
the dead. 

Collect at Funeral Mass. 

O God, whose 
property is always 
to have mercy and 
to spare, we humbly 
beseech thee for the 
soul of thy servant 
[ . . . ] which thou 
hast this day com- 
manded to go forth 
from this world, that 
thou wo.uldst not de- 
liver it up into the 
hands of the enemy, 
nor forget it unto 



DeuS, cui propri- 
um est misereri sem- 
per et parcere, te 
supplices exoramus 
pro anima famuli tui 
N. quam hodie de 
hoc saeculo migrare 
jussisti : ut non tra- 
das earn in manus 
inimici, neque obli- 
viscaris in fin em, sed 
jubeas earn a Sanctis 
Angelis suscipi, et 
ad patriam paradisi 



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perduci, ut quia in 
te speravit et credi- 
dit, non poenas in- 
ferni sustineat, sed 
gaudia seterna possi- 
deat. Per Domi- 
num, 



the end ; but com- 
mand it to be receiv- 
ed by thy holy an- 
gels, and to be car- 
ried to Paradise, its 
true country ; that 
as in thee it had 
faith and hope, it 
may not suffer the 
pains of hell, but 
may possess eter- 
nal joys ; through 
our Lord. 



Collect on the Anniversary Day. 

OLORD, the God of mercy and par- 
don, grant to the soul of thy servant 
[...,] whose anniversary we commemo- 
rate, the seat of refreshment, the happiness 
of rest, and the brightness of light; 
through our Lord, etc. 



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Collect for All Souls Day> and for the 
Faithful Departed in general. 

OGOD, the Creator and Redeemer of 
all the faithful, grant unto the 
souls of thy servants departed, the remis- 
sion of all their sins ; that, by pious sup- 
plications, they may obtain the pardon 
which they have always desired. Grant 
this, O God, who livest and reignest for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

Epistle — i Thess. iv. 12-17. 

BRETHREN : And we will not have 
you ignorant, brethren, concerning 
them that are asleep, that you be not sor- 
rowful, even as others who have no hope. 

For if we believe that Jesus died and 
rose again, even so them who have slept 
through Jesus, will God bring with him. 

For this we say unto you in the word of 
the Lord, that Ave who are alive, who re- 
main unto the coming of the Lord, shall 
not prevent them who have slept. 



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For the Lord himself shall come down 
from Heaven with commandment, and 
with the voice of an Archangel, and with 
the trumpet of God : and the dead who are 
in Christ shall rise first. 

Then we who are alive, who are left, 
shall be caught up together with them in 
the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and 
so shall we be always with the Lord. 

Wherefore comfort you one another 
with these words. 



-I j Lord ; and let perpetual light shine 
upon them. V. The just shall be in ever- 
lasting remembrance : he shall not be 
afraid for any evil report. Release, O 
Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed 
from the bonds of their sins. V. And 
by the assistance of thy grace, may they 
merit to escape the sentence of condem- 
nation. V. And enjoy the bliss of eternal 
light. 



Gradual. 




unto them, O 



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The Sequence. 

DIES 

DIES irae, dies ilia 
Solvet saeclum in favilla ; 
Teste David cum Sibylla. 

Quantus tremor est futurus 
Quando Judex est venturus, 
Cuncta stricte discussurus ! 

Tuba mirum spargens sonum 
Per sepulchra regionum, 
Coget omnes ante thronum. 

Mors stupebit et natura 
Cum resurget creatura, 
Judicanti responsura. 

Liber scriptus proferetur 
In quo totum continetur, 
Unde mundus judicetur. 

Judex ergo cum sedebit, 
Quidquid latet, apparebit : 
Nil inultum remanebit. 



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The Sequence. 

THE DAY OF WRATH. 

DAY of wrath !— that day of woe, 
Doomed to melt all things below, 
Psalms and Sibyl songs foreshow. 

On each breast what terrors lie, 
When descending from the sky 
Comes the Judge our souls to try! 

Dread and strange the trumpet's tone, 
Loud through death's dominions blown, 
Gathers all around the throne. 

Death and nature in surprise 
See the trembling creature rise, 
Summoned to that last assize. 

Now the written Book appears 
Which the faithful record bears 
Whence the world its sentence hears. 

When the Judge assumes the throne, 
Every hidden thought is known, 
Unavenged sins are none. 



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Quid sum miser tunc dicturus 
Quern patronum rogaturus? 
Cum vix justus sit securus. 

Rex tremendae majestatis, 
Qui salvandos salvas gratis, 
Salve me, fons pietatis. 

Recordare Jesu pie, 
Quod sum causa tuae vise, 
Ne me perdas ilia die. 

Quaerens me sedisti lassus, 
Redemisti crucem passus : 
Tantus labor non sit cassus e 

Juste Judex ultionis, 
Donum fac remissionis 
Ante diem rationis. 

Ingemisco tanquam reus, 
Culpa rubet vultus meus, 
Supplicanti parce Deus. 

Qui Mariam absolvisti, 
Et latronem exaudisti, 
Mihi quoque spem dedisti. 



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How shall I that day endure ? 
What kind patron's voice secure, 
When the righteous scarce are sure ? 

King of dreadful majesty, 
Granting souls their ransom free, 
Fount of pity, save thou me. 

Recollect, sweet Lord, I pray, 
Thou for me didst tread life's way, 
Save me in that bitter day. 

Seeking me thou satst forlorn. 
Save me on the tree of scorn. 
Shall such love meet no return ? 

Just avenging Judge, I pray, 
Take my countless sins away 
Ere the awful reck'ning day. 

Lo, I mourn the guilt which thou 
Seest on my crimsoned brow ; 
Spare, O God, thy suppliant now. 

Thou who Magdalen didst free, 
And the thief call unto thee, 
Hope dost likewise give to me. 



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Preces meae non sunt dignae 
Sed tu bonus fac benigne, 
Ne perenni cremer igne. 

Inter oves locum praesta, 
Et ab hoedis me sequestra, 
Statuens in parte dextra. 

Confutatis maledictis, 
Flammis acribus addictis, 
Voca me cum benedictis, 

Oro supplex et acclinis, 
Cor contritum quasi cinis: 
Gere curam mei finis. 

Lacrymosa dies ilia, 
Qua resurget ex favilla 
Judicandus homo reus, 
Huic ergo parce Deus. 

Pie Jesu Domine, 

Dona eis requiem. Amen. 



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Worthless though my feeble cry, 
Help me, gracious Lord, or I, 
Burn in flames that never die. 

Bid me with thy sheep to stand, 
Severed from the goats' lost band, 
Placed secure at thy right hand. 

When at last thy righteous ire 
Binds the damned in chains of fire, 
Call me to thy chosen choir. 

Hear my prayer low bending down, 
This crushed heart like ashes grown, 
Guard my end, and claim thine own. 

Day of weeping, Day of doom, 
When man riseth from the tomb, 
Called to meet the Judge divine, 
Save this soul and make it thine. 

Unto all, O Jesu blessed, 

Grant thine everlasting rest. Amen. 



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Gospel— St. John xi. 21-27. 

AT that time Martha said to Jesus: 
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my 
brother had not died. But now also I 
know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of 
God, God will give it thee. 

Jesus saith to her: Thy brother shall 
rise again. Martha saith to him : I know 
that he shall rise again in the resurrection 
of the last day. Jesus said to her : I am the 
resurrection and the life : he that believeth 
in me, although he be dead, shall live: 
and every one that liveth, and believeth 
in me, shall not die for ever. Believest 
thou this ? She saith to him : Yea, Lord, 
I have believed that thou art Christ the 
Son of the living God, who art come into 
this world. 

Offertory. 

LORD Jesus Christ, King of glory, de- 
liver the souls of all the faithful 
departed from the pains of hell, and from 
I the deep pit: deliver them from the lion's 



Funeral Mass and Service. 593 

mouth, lest hell swallow them up, lest 
they fall into darkness : and let the stand- 
ard-bearer, St. Michael, bring them into 
the holy light : as thou promisedst of old 
to Abraham and to his seed. 

V. We offer thee, O Lord, a sacrifice of 
praise and prayers : accept them in behalf 
of the souls we commemorate this day ; 
and make them pass, O Lord, from death j 
to life. As, etc. 

At the Oblation, and Subsequent Prayers. 

OGOD ! what victim can better ap- 
pease thy justice, than that which 
we are going to offer in this unbloody re- 
newal of the sacrifice of the Cross? As 
that divine oblation disarmed the wrath, 
and induced thee to revoke the sentence 
of condemnation pronounced against man- 
kind, so mercifully grant, that this adora- 
ble sacrifice may atone for the sins and 
imperfections of those souls for whom it 
is offered ; that being released from the 
flames by which they are surrounded, 
they may be received into thy kingdom, 

3S— S. Heart. 



594 Funeral Mass and Service. 

and through the passion and death of our 
divine Redeemer, pass into eternal joys. 

O all-bountiful Jesus! who art the pro- 
pitiation for the living and the dead, what 
thanks are due to thee for having left us 
this divine sacrifice, and for having thus 
rendered it available to the souls of the 
faithful departed ; mercifully grant, that 
they for whom it is offered this day, 
being released from suffering, may shortly 
prove powerful advocates for us in Heaven, 
who now intercede for them on earth. 
Amen. 



OOK down favorably, we beseech 



J — j thee, O Lord ! on the sacrifice we 
offer for the souls of thy servants : that 
as thou wast pleased to bestow on them 
the merit of Christian faith, thou wouldst 
also grant them of its abundant reward, 
Through, etc. 



Secret. 




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At the Canon. 

WE recommend to thee, O Lord ! the 
souls of thy servants N. N., and 
as, in mercy to them, thou didst become 
man, so now vouchsafe to admit them into 
the number of the blessed. Remember, 
O Lord ! that the souls for whom we pray 
are thy creatures, not made by strange 
gods, but by thee, the only true and liv- 
ing God, for there is no other God but 
thee ; none that can work wonders like 
unto thine. 

Let their souls find comfort and mercy 
in thy sight, and remember not their for- 
mer sins, nor any of those faults they may 
have fallen into through human frailty, or 
the violence of temptation ; for though 
they sinned, they still retain a true faith 
in thee, O holy Trinity, Father, Son and 
Holy Ghost, and a lively zeal for thy 
honor; they faithfully adored, and died 
in favor with thee, O divine Lord, as well 
as in peace and charity with all mankind. 
Remember not, O Lord ! we beseech 



596 Funeral Mass and Service. 

thee, the sins and ignorances of theiryouth, 
but, according to thy great mercy, be mind- 
ful of them in thy glory. May the heavens 
be now open to receive them. May the 
Archangel St. Michael, chief of the 
heavenly host, conduct them. May the 
holy angels of God meet and accompany 
them into the city of the heavenly Jeru- 
salem. May blessed Peter the Apostle, 
to whom were given the keys of the king- 
dom of Heaven, receive them. May holy 
Paul the Apostle, who was a vessel of 
election, help them. May St. John, the 
beloved Disciple, to whom God revealed 
the secrets of Heaven, intercede for them. 
May all the holy Apostles, to whom was 
given the power of binding and loosing, 
pray for them. May all the blessed and 
chosen servants of God intercede for 
them, that, being delivered from present 
confinement and suffering, they maybe 
admitted into the kingdom of Heaven, 
through the assistance and merits of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Who 
liveth, etc. 



Funeral Mass and Service. 5 9 7 

And now, all-powerful God ! at this aw- 
ful moment, when, by the words of con- 
secration, thy divine Son is actually 
present, I offer up to thee the same be- 
loved Son, who died for mankind. I 
humbly entreat thee, through the infinite 
merits of his death, to show compassion 
and mercy to the souls for whose repose 
the holy sacrifice is this day offered. 

At the Elevation of the Host. 

HAIL ! most blessed Jesus ! eternal 
Son of the Most High God! O 
deign to be merciful to those for whom 
we pray ; thou who didst expire on the 
Cross for their sake, give rest to their 
souls. To whom shall we apply but to 
thee ? Thou hast the words of eternal 
life, by which thou canst shorten their 
sufferings, and give them eternal rest. 

At the Elevation of the Chalice. 

HAIL ! sacred Blood ! that flowed for 
the sins of the world, wash away 



598 Funeral Mass and Service. 

whatever stains may render thy servants 
unfit to be admitted into Heaven. 0 good 
and merciful God ! look on the face of 
thy Christ, in whom thou art always well 
pleased, and permit the souls for which 
he suffered to rest eternally in thy divine 
presence. 

After the Elevation. 

LORD Jesus Christ ! we earnestly en- 
treat thee by thy bitter agony and 
prayer in the garden, to become an advo- 
cate with thy eternal Father, on behalf 
of thy servant N. Lay before him, we 
conjure thee, all those drops of blood 
which, in thy anguish of spirit, flowed 
from thy sacred Body, and offer them as 
a sacrifice of atonement, that thereby the 
soul of N. may be discharged from all 
the punishment still inflicted by divine 
justice on the guilt of sin. 

Lord Jesus ! who wast pleased to suffer 
death on the Cross for the redemption of 
mankind, we humbly beseech thee to 
offer up all that anguish and pain which 



Funeral Mass and Service. 599 



thou didst endure, especially at the mo- 
ment of thy death, on behalf of thy ser- 
vant, that thy precious merits may be 
accepted for the repose of his soul, as 
superabundant atonement for that punish- 
ment which may still remain due for sin. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who so loved us as 
td become man for our salvation, we be- 
seech thee to represent to the Eternal 
Father thy infinite charity and goodness 
on behalf of thy servant, N. ; plead his 
cause, that by such powerful mediation 
he may be freed from unspeakable pains, 
and find the gates of life open to receive 
him. 

O Lord, grant him now to partake 
of the fruits of thy holy Incarnation, of 
thy bitter Passion, of thy glorious Resur- 
rection, and admirable Ascension: grant 
that he may be sensible of the effects 
of this holy Sacrifice, and of all the prayers 
which are offered to thee by the whole 
Church. Remember, O compassionate 
Jesus ! that thy sacred arms were stretch- 
ed forth on the Cross ; that in the excess 



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of thy torments thou didst cry out to thy 
eternal Father, commending thy spirit to 
him ; have compassion now, we beseech 
thee, on the soul of thy servant, N., 
who in a state of suffering expects relief 
from thee; receive him into thy arms; 
give him shelter in thy adorable Heart 
from all molestation till the anger of God 
pass over. Into thy hands, we commend 
his spirit; despise not, we beseech thee, 
this soul, which is the work of thy 
hands, created and redeemed by thee. O 
divine Jesus ! vouchsafe to look on him 
with eyes of mercy and compassion ; and 
grant him comfort, peace, and eternal 
rest. 

By that love which brought thee from 
Heaven, and by the infinite merits of 
thy death, have compassion on the soul 
of thy servant, N. ; satisfy for all his 
sins, failings, and defects ; let him now 
experience the multitude of thy tender 
mercies ; make him sensible of the ex- 
cess of thy goodness ; and since he can 
do nothing to mitigate the pains of pur- 



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gatory, speak thou for him, we beseech 
thee; thou, who art the eternal Word, 
and to whom the Father can refuse 
nothing. 

Repeat the Lord's Prayer, with the Priest, after 
which say: 

O DIVINE Lord! whose adorable 
Heart sighs for the happiness of thy 
banished children, we humbly beseech 
thee to remember the soul of thy ser- 
vant for whom we pray ; command him, 
we conjure thee, to be received by the 
holy angels, and conveyed to the abodes 
of rest and peace. Amen. 

At the Agnus Dei. 

LAMB of God, who takest away the 
sins of the world, grant him rest. 
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins 
of the world, grant him rest. Lamb of 
God, who takest away the sins of the 
world, grant him everlasting rest. 



602 



Funeral Mass. 



From the Agnus Dei to the Communion. 



ETERNAL God ! behold here on 



V-/ this altar, as was once on the Cross, 
thy dear and only Son, the beloved ob- 
ject of thy complacency. Behold this 
adorable Victim, who, to appease thy 
anger, sacrifices his own precious Body 
and Blood ; that Body which was torn 
with stripes and covered with wounds ; 
and that Blood, which was shed to wash 
away the sins of the world. He immo- 
lates himself with the same excess of 
mercy and love, as he did on Mount Cal- 
vary. O let not this sacred Blood be shed 
in vain, but grant that its infinite merits 
may be applied to the souls of thy suffer- 
ing servants, and give them admittance to 
thy presence, that they may bless and 
praise thee forever and ever. Ah, my 
God ! thou knowest that the flames which 
surround them are not more active than 
their ardent desire to behold thee. 

When shall these souls be united to 
thee, O God ? When shall they see thee 




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in the land of the living ? Till then, they 
sigh and bewail their banishment, desiring 
continually to enjoy thy divine presence — 
to be admitted into thy eternal kingdom. 
Alas ! while myriads of blessed spirits see, 
love, and enjoy thee incessantly; while 
they are inebriated with the plenty of thy 
house, the souls of these thy servants are 
perhaps burning in flames, plunged in 
darkness, and far removed from the light 
of Heaven. O ! thou, who art infinite in 
mercy ! be not deaf to my supplications 
for their speedy relief. O blessed Angels 
and Saints ! vouchsafe to join me in mak- 
ing intercession for N., and obtain for 
him admittance into your happy society. 
Asthehart pantsafterthe fountain of living 
waters, so do these souls thirst after thee, 
O God ! the inexhaustible source of eter- 
nal and ineffable joys. Thou knowest the 
longing sighs of these suffering souls, O 
infinitely bountiful and compassionate Fa- 
ther! and thou alone canst terminate their 
banishment. Thou canst open that spring 
of living water, for which they so ardently 



604 Funeral Mass. 

thirst ; thou canst fill their hungry soul 
with good things, and bestow on them the 
inheritance purchased by the blood of a 
dying Saviour. Draw aside then the veil 
which hides thy amiable countenance, for 
what do these souls desire, but to contem- 
plate, praise, and love thee, their Sove- 
reign God, for all eternity. 

At the Communion. 

I MOST ardently desire, O my adorable 
Saviour, that thou wouldst honor this 
day the dwelling of my heart by thy divine 
presence. With what confidence could I 
then implore rest and eternal peace for 
the suffering souls of purgatory whom 
thou lovest, though thy justice forces thee 
to banish them for a time from their heav- 
enly inheritance. Look nevertheless, O 
merciful Redeemer, on the work of thy 
hands ; hasten the happy hour of their de- 
liverance, and grant that, partaking spirit- 
ually of the merits of thy august sacrifice, 
I may submissively accept, and patiently 
bear all that is disagreeable and painful to 



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inclination, and thus avert a long separa- 
tion from thee after the close of my mor- 
tal life. Amen. 



GRANT, we beseech thee, O Lord ! 
that our humble prayers on behalf 
of the soul of thy servant, may be profit- 
able to him ; so that thou mayest deliver 
him from all the punishment due to his 
sins, and make him partaker of the re- 
demption thou hast purchased for him. 
Who livest, etc. 



After Dominus Vobiscum, the Priest says : 
P. Requiescat in P. May he rest 



MAY now the bright company of 
angels meet your soul, O departed 
servant of the Lord ; may the crowd of 
apostles receive you ; may the triumphant 



Post Communion. 



pace. 

R. Amen. 



in peace. 
R. Amen. 



At the last Gospel. 



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army of glorious martyrs conduct you ; 
and may a happy rest be your portion in 
the company of the patriarchs. May 
Jesus Christ appear to you with a mild 
and cheerful countenance, and give you 
a place among those who are to be in his 
presence for ever. 

May your God arise and put your ene- 
mies to flight. Let them vanish like 
smoke, and as wax before the fire, so let 
them perish. May all the reprobate of 
hell be filled w r ith confusion and shame ; 
but let the just and elect rejoice and be 
happy in the presence of God, and may 
you be of the blessed number. May Christ 
Jesus himself rescue you from torments, 
who lovingly died for you. May the 
eternal Son of the living God place you in 
his garden of Paradise, and may he, the 
true Shepherd, own you for those of his 
flock ; may he liberate you from confine- 
ment, and place you at his right hand in 
the inheritance of his elect. We pray 
that it may be your happy lot to behold 
your Redeemer face to face ; to be forever 



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in his presence, in the vision of that truth 
which is the joy of the blessed ; and thus 
placed among those happy spirits, may 
you be for ever replenished with heavenly 
sweetness. Amen. 

AND now, O God ! having recommend- 
ed to thy mercy the soul of thy 
departed servant, grant that we may ever 
remember that we are most certainly to 
follow him. Give us grace to prepare 
for our last hour by a good life, that so 
death, however sudden it may be, may 
not find us unworthy of admittance into 
eternal glory. Open likewise the eyes, 
and soften the hearts of those who have 
the misfortune of being at variance with 
thee ; inspire them, we humbly beseech 
thee, with a true sense of their dreadful 
danger, that by a timely consideration of 
the uncertainty of life, and the certainty 
of death, they may be sincerely converted, 
and obtaining pardon for their sins in 
this life, be happy with thee for ever in the 
next. Amen, 



FTJXERAL SERVICE. 



After the Mass, the Priest takes off his chasuble 
and maniple, and the clergy, led by the sub- 
deacon bearing the Cross, proceed to the coffin, 
the Priest and Deacon closing the procession. 
The subdeacon stands at the head of the corpse, 
•with an acolyte holding a taper on each side, 
and the Priest at the foot with acolytes bearing 
a censer and holy water. Then the priest con- 
tinues : 

ENTER not into judgment with thy 
servant, O Lord, for in thy sight shall 
no man be justified, unless through thee re- 
mission of all his sins be granted unto 
him. Let not, therefore, we beseech thee, 
the sentence of thy judgment weigh upon 
him, whom the true supplication of Chris- 
tian faith doth commend unto thee : but 
by the succor of thy grace, may he merit 
to escape the judgment of vengeance, 
w T ho, while he lived, was marked with the 
seal of the Holy Trinity: who livest and 
reignest for ever and ever. 
R. Amen. 



Funeral Service. 609 



Then, a chorister beginning, the clergy standing 
round chant the following Response: 

DELIVER me, O Lord, from eternal 
death, in that tremendous day : 
when the heavens shall be moved, and the 
earth : when thou shall come to judge the 
world by fire. 

V. I am in fear and trembling, until the 
trial cometh, and the wrath to come. 

R. When the heavens shall be moved, 
and the earth : w r hen thou shalt come to 
judge the world by fire. 

V. That day, a day of wrath, calamity, 
and misery; a day great and very bitter. 

R. When thou shalt come to judge the 
world by fire. Eternal rest give unto 
him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine 
upon him. 

V. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal 
death, in that tremendous day : When the 
heavens shall be moved, and the earth : 
When thou shalt come to judge the world 
by fire. 

Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, have mercy. 

39— S. Heart. 



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Lord, have mercy. 
Our Father. 

While it is said, the Priest sprinkles the corpse 
with holy water, and then incenses it. 

V. And lead us not into temptation. 

R. But deliver us from evil. 

V. From the gate of hell. 

R. Deliver his soul, O Lord. 

V. May he rest in peace. 

R. Amen. 

V. O Lord, hear my prayer. 

R. And let my cry come unto thee. 

V. The Lord be with you. 

R. And with thy spirit. 



GOD, whose property Is always to 



have mercy and to spare, we hum- 
bly beseech thee for the soul of thy 
servant N., which thou hast this day 
commanded to depart out of this world: 
that thou deliver it not into the hands of 
the enemy, nor forget it unto the end; 



Let its pray. 




Funeral Service. 611 

but command it to be received by the 
holy angels and conducted into Paradise, 
our true country ; that, as it trusted and 
believed in thee, it may not suffer the 
pains of hell, but attain unto everlasting 
joys, 

R* Amen. 

The body is then borne out, the choir chanting : 



IN Paradisum de- 
ducant te An- 
geli, in tuo adventu 
suscipiant te Mar- 
tyres, et perducant 
te in civitatem sanc- 
tam Jerusalem. Cho- 
rus angelorum te 
suscipiat, et cum 
Lazaro quondam 
paupere seternam 
habeas requiem. 



MAY the angels 
■ conduct thee 
into Paradise ; at 
thy coming may the 
martyrs receive 
thee, and lead thee 
to Jerusalem, the 
holy city. May the 
angelic choir receive 
thee, and with Laz- 
arus, once a beggar, 
mayst thou have 
eternal rest. 




PRAYERS OF THE CHURCH 

FOR THE 

FAITHFUL DEPARTED. 



A Prayer for a Bishop or Priest Deceased. 

OGOD, who among thy apostolic 
priests hath bestowed on thy serv- 
ant N. the pontifical (or priestly) dignity; 
grant, we beseech thee, that he may also 
be joined with them in perpetual society. 
Through, etc. 

For a Father and Mother Deceased. 

OGOD, who hast commanded us to 
honor our father and mother, have 



For the Faithful Departed. 613 

compassion, in thy mercy, on the souls of 
my father and mother, and forgive them 
their sins, and grant that we may meet 
in the joy of eternal bliss. 

For a Father Deceased. 
(~~\ GOD, who hast commanded us to 



honor our father and mother, have 
mercy, through thy goodness, on the soul 
of my father, and forgive him his sins, and 
grant that I may see him in the joy of 
eternal bliss. Through, etc. 

For a Mother Deceased. 
(~\ GOD, who hast commanded us to 



honor our father and mother, have 
mercy, through thy goodness, on the soul 
of my mother, and forgive her her sins, 
and grant that I may see her in the joy of 
eternal bliss. Through, etc. 



INCLINE, O Lord, thy ear to our pray- 
ers, in which we humbly beseech thy 
mercy, that thou wouldst place the soul 





For a Man Deceased. 



6 14 For the Faithful Departed. 

of thy servant, which thou hast caused to 
depart from this world, in the region of 
peace and light ; and unite him in the 
fellowship of thy saints. Through, etc. 

For a Woman Deceased. 

WE beseech thee, O Lord, for thy 
goodness, have mercy on the soul 
of thy servant ; and being freed from the 
corruption of mortality, restore her the 
portion of everlasting salvation. 

On an Anniversary Day. 

OLORD, the God of pardon, give to 
the souls of thy servants, men and 
women departed, whose anniversary day 
of departure we commemorate, the seat of 
refreshment, happiness of rest, and bright- 
ness of eternal light. 

For Brethren, Relations, and Benefactors. 

OGOD, the giver of pardon, and lover 
of human salvation, we beseech 
thy clemency to grant that the brethren, 



For the Faithful Departed. 6 1 5 



relations, and benefactors of our congre- ! 
gation, who departed this world, may, by 
the intercession of the blessed Mary, ever 
Virgin, and of all thy saints, attain to the 
fellowship of eternal beatitude. 

Indulgenced Prayer. 

Out of the depths I have cried to thee, 
O Lord: Lord, hear my voice (Ps. 129). 
(See p. 459). 

Eternal rest give them, O Lord. 

And let perpetual light shine upon them. 

May they rest in peace. 

Amen. 

V. Lord, hear my prayer, 

R. And let my cry come unto thee. 





HYMNS. 



CHRISTMAS HYMN. 

Adeste Fideles. 

^DESTE fideles, 

Lseti triumphantes, 
Venite, venite in Bethlehem : 
Natum videte 
Regem Angelorum : 

Venite adovemus, 

Venite adoremus.. 

Venite adoremus Dominum. 

Deum de Deo, 
Lumen de lumine, 



Hymns. 



Gestant puellse viscera: 
Deum verum, 
Venite, etc. 

Cantet nunc lo, 
Chorus Angelorum ; 
Cantet nunc aula ccelestium, 
Gloria 

In excelsis Deo : 
Venite, etc. 

Ergo qui natus est 
Die hodierna, 
Jesu tibi sit gloria : 
Patris aeterni 
Verbum caro factum : 

Venite adoremus, 

Venite adoremus, 

Venite adoremus Dominum. 



CHRISTMAS HYMN. 

Adeste Fi deles. 

WITH hearts truly grateful, 
Come, all ye faithful, 
To Jesus, to Jesus in Bethlehem, 
See Christ your Saviour, 



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Hymns. 



Heaven's greatest favor. 
Let's hasten to adore him, 
Let's hasten to adore him, 
Let's hasten to adore him, our 
God and King. 

God to God equal, 
Light of Light eternal ; 
Carried in virgin's ever spotless womb ; 
He all preceded, 
Begotten, not created. 
Let's hasten, etc. 

Angels now praise him, 
Loud their voices raising : 
The heavenly mansions with joy now ring 
To him who's most holy, 
Be honor, praise, and glory. 
Let's hasten, etc. 

To Jesus this day born, 
Grateful homage return. 
*Tis he, who all heavenly gifts does bring 
Word increated, 
To our flesh united. 
Let's hasten, etc. 

We joyfully singing, 
Grateful tributes bringing, 



Hymns. 



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Praise him, and bless him in heavenly hymns. 
Angels implore him, 
Seraphs fall before him. 

Then e'er let us adore him our God and 
king. 



V-/ Rex ccelestis, Rex gloriae, 
Morte surrexit hodie. Alleluia: 
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia. 

Et mane prima Sabbati 
Ad ostium monumenti, 
Accesserunt Discipuli — Alleluia, 

Et Maria Magdalene, 
Et Jacobe et Salome, 
Venerunt corpus ungere — Alleluia, 

In albis sedens Angelas 
Praedixit mulieribus, 
In GaKlea est Dominus — Alleluia, 

Et Joannes Apostolus 
Cucurrit Petro citius, 
Monumento venit prius — Alleluia. 



HYMN FOR EASTER. 



O FiJii et Filite. 




620 



Hymns. 



Discipulis astantibus, 
In medio stetit Christus, 
Dicens, Pax vobis omnibus — Alleluia. 

Ut intellexit Didymus, 
Quia surrexerat Jesus, 
Rernansit fide dubius — Alleluia. 

Vide, Thoma, vide latus, 
Vide pedes, vide manus : 
Noli esse incredulus — Alleluia. 

Ouando Thomas vidit Christum, 
Pedes, manus, latus suum, 
Dixit, Tu es Deus meus — Alleluia. 

Beati qui non viderunt, 
Et firmiter crediderunt, 
Vitam aeternam habebunt — Alleluia. 

In hoc festo sanctissimo 
Sit laus et jubilatio ; 
Benedicamus Domino — Alleluia, 

Ex quibus nos humillimas 
Devotas atque debitas 
Deo dicamus gratias— Alleluia. 



Hymns. 



62 



HYMN FOR EASTER. 

0 filii et jilice. 

YE sons and daughters of the Lord ! 
The King of glory, King adored, 
This day himself from death restored. 

All in the early morning gray 
Went holy women on their way, 
To see the tomb where Jesus lay. 

Of spices pure a precious store 

In their pure hands those women bore, 

To anoint the Sacred Body o'er. 

Then straightway one in white they see, 
Who saith, " Ye seek the Lord; but he 
Is risen, and gone to Galilee. " 

This told they Peter, told they John ; 
Who forthwith to the tomb are gone, 
But Peter is by John outrun. 

That self-same night, while out of fear 
The doors were shut, their Lord most dear, 
To his apostles did appear. 

But Thomas, when of this he heard, 
Was doubtful of his brethren's word ; 
Wherefore again there comes the Lord. 



622 



Hymns. 



e< Thomas, behold my side," saith he; 
*'My hands, my feet, my body see, 
And doubt not, but believe in me." 

When Thomas saw that wounded side, 

The truth no longer he denied; 

" Thou art my Lord and God ! " he cried. 

Oh, blest are they who have not seen 
Their Lord, and yet believe in him ! 
Eternal life awaiteth them. 

Now let us praise the Lord most high, 

And strive his name to magnify 

On this great day, through earth and sky: 

Whose mercy ever runneth o'er; 
Whom men and angel hosts adore. 
To him be glory evermore. 



HYMN FOR WHIT-SUNDAY. 



V Mentes tuorum visita j 
Imple superna gratia, 
Quag tu creasti, pectora. 

Qui diceris Paraclitus, 
Altissimi donum Dei : 
Fons vivus, ignis, charitas, 
Et spiritalis unctio. 



Veni Creator. 




ENI Creator Spiritus, 



Hymns* 623 



Tu septiformis munere, 
Digitus paternae dexteras, 
Tu rite promissum Patris, 
Sermone ditans guttura. 

Accende lumen sensibus, 
Infunde amorem cordibus; 
Infirma nostri corporis 
Virtute firmans perpeti. 

Hostem repellas longius 
Pacemque dones protinus, 
Ductore sic te prasvio 
Vitemus omne noxium. 

Per te sciamus da Patrem 
Noscamus atque Filium: 
Te utriusque Spiritum 
Credamus omni tempore. 

Deo Patri sit gloria, 

Et Filio, qui a mortuis 

Surrexit, ac Paraclito, 

In sseculorum saecula. Amen, 

HYMN FOR WHIT-SUNDAY. 

Veni Creator. 

COME, O Creator, Spirit blessed ! 
And in our souls take up thy rest, 
Come, with thy grace and heavenly aid, 
To fill the hearts which thou hast made. 



624 Hymns. 



Great Paraclete ! to thee we cry, 
O highest gift of God most high ! 

O fount of life ! O fire of love ! 
And sweet anointing from above. 

Thou in thy seven-fold gifts art known ; 

The finger of God's hand we own, 
The promise of the Father thou ! 

Who dost the tongue with power endow. 

Kindle our senses from above, 

And make our hearts o'erflow with love; 
With patience firm, and virtue high, 

The weakness of our flesh supply. 

Far from us drive the foe we dread, 
And grant us thy true peace, instead ; 

So shall we not, with thee for guide, 
Turn from the path of life aside. 

Oh, may thy grace on us bestow, 
The Father and the Son to know, 

And thee through endless times confessed, 
Of both the eternal Spirit blessed. 

All glory while the ages run 

Be to the Father, and the Son 
Who rose from death ; the same to thee, 

O Holy Ghost eternally. Amen. 



Hymns. 



625 



TE DEUM. 



Hymn of Thanksgiving. 



l HEE, sovereign God, our grateful accents 



We own Thee, Lord, and bless Thy wondrous 
ways. 

To Thee, eternal Father, earth's whole frame, 

With loudest trumpet sounds immortal fame. 

Lord God of Hosts ! to Thee the heavenly powers, 

With sounding anthems, rill Thy vaulted towers. 

The cherubim thrice Holy, Holy, Holy, cry: 

Thrice Holy all the seraphim reply, 

And thrice returning echoes endless songs supply. 

Both Heaven and earth Thy majesty display ; 

They owe their beauty to Thy glorious ray. 

Thy praises fill the loud apostles' choir ; 

The train of prophets in the song conspire. 

Legions of martyrs in the chorus shine, 

And vocal blood with vocal music join. 

By these Thy Church, inspired with heavenly art, 

Around the world maintains a second part, 

And tunes her sweetest notes, O God, to Thee, 

The Father of unbounded majesty, 

The Son, adored co-partner of Thy seat, 

And equal everlasting Paraclete. 

Thou King of Glory, Christ, of the Most High 

Thou co-eternal filial Deity ; 

40— S. Heart. ; 




praise ; 



626 Hymns. 



Thou, who, to save the world's impending doom, 
Vouchsafedst to dwell within a Virgin's womb, 
Old tyrant Death disarmed; before Thee flew 
The bolts of Heaven, and back the foldings drew, 
To give access, and make the faithful way : 
From God's right hand Thy filial beams display. 
Thou art to judge the living and the dead ; 
Then spare those souls for whom Thy veins have 
bled, 

Oh, take us up among the blest above, 
To share with them Thy everlasting love. 
Preserve, O Lord, Thy people, and enhance 
Thy blessing on Thine own inheritance. 
For ever raise their hearts and rule their ways ; 
Each day we bless Thee, and proclaim Thy 
praise. 

No age shall fail to celebrate Thy name, 
Nor hour neglect Thy everlasting fame. 
Preserve our souls, O Lord ! this day from ill; 
Have mercy on us, Lord ! have mercy still, 
As we have hoped, do Thou reward our pain; 
We've hoped in Thee, let not our hope be vain. 

A HYMN TO OUR SAVIOUR JESUS. 
"TESUS, the only thought of thee, 



t) With sweetness fills my breast; 
But sweeter far it is to see, 
And on thy beauty feast. 




Hymns. 627 



Xo sound, no harmony so gay, 

Can art or music frame ; 
Xo thoughts can reach, no words can say, 

The sweets of thy bless'd name. 

Jesus, our hope when we repent, 

Sweet source of all our grace ; 
Sole comfort in our banishment : 

Oh, what when face to face ? 

Jesus, that name inspires my mind 

With springs of life and light; 
More than I ask in thee I find, 

And languish with delight. 

X'o art or eloquence of man 

Can tell the joys of love ; 
Only the saints can understand 

What they in Jesus prove. 

Thee, then, I'll seek, retired, apart, 

From world and business free; 
When these shall knock, I'll shut my heart, 

And keep it all for thee. 

Before the morning light I'll come, 

With Magdalen, to find, 
In sighs and tears, my Jesus' tomb, 
And there refresh my mind. 



628 Hymns. 

My tears upon his grave shall flow, 

My sighs the garden fill ; 
Then at his feet myself I'll throw, 

And there I'll seek his will. 

Jesus, in thy blessed steps I'll tread, 

And walk in all thy ways ; 
III never cease to weep and plead, 

Till I'm restored to grace. 

O King of love, thy blessed fire 

Does such sweet flames excite, 
That first it raises the desire, 

Then fills it with delight. 

Thy lovely presence shines so clear 

Through every sense and way, 
That souls which once have seen thee near, 

See all things else decay. 

Come, then, dear Lord, possess my heart, 
Chase thence the shades of night; 

Come, pierce it with thy flaming dart, 
And ever-shining light. 

Then, I'll for ever Jesus sing, 

And with the saints rejoice ; 
And both my heart and tongue shall bring 
Their tribute to my dearest King, 

In never-ending joys. Amen. 



Hymns. 



AVE MARIS STELLA. 
RIGHT Mother of our Maker, hail ' 



The ocean ; s star by which we sail 
And gain the port of rest. 

While we this Ave thus to thee 
From Gabriel's mouth rehearse; 

Prevail that peace our lot may be, 
And Eva's name reverse. 

Release our long entangled mind, 

From all the snares of ill, 
With heavenly light instruct the blind 

And all our vows fulfil* 

Exert for us a mother's care, 
And us thy children own ; 

Prevail with him to hear our prayer 
Who chose to be thy Son. 

O spotless maid ! whose virtues shine 

With brightest purity ; 
Each action of our lives refine, 

And make us pure like thee. 




Thou Virgin ever blest, 



630 . Hymns. 

Preserve our lives unstain'd from ill, 

In this infectious way; 
That Heaven alone our souls may nil 

With joys that ne'er decay. 

To God the Father endless praise ; 

To God the Son the same; 
And Holy Ghost, whose equal rays 

One equal glory claim. Amen. 



PRATERS 

AT 

MASS, 
IX UNION 

WITH 

THE PASSION 



With the Passion. 633 

JESUS ENTERS THE GARDEN. 
The Priest goes to the Altar. 

The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, Son 
of the living God, who, 
when thy passion drew near, 
wouldst for me, wretched sin- 
ner, fear and grow sad ; grant 
that I may ever direct all my 
sorrows unto thee, that art 
the God of my heart ; and 
thou, O Lord, in union of 
passion and sorrow, conde- 
scend to assist me to bear 
them with patience, that, by 
the merits of thy sufferings, 
they may be saving to me. 
Amen. 



With the Passion. 



JESUS PRAYS IX THE GARDEN. 
The Priest begins Mass. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, Son 
of the living God, who, 
being in prayer, wouldst be 
comforted by an angel ; grant 
me, by the virtue of thy pray- 
er, that when I pray, thy 
holy angel may assist and 
comfort me. Amen. 



With the Passion. 637 



JESUS FALLS ON HIS FACE TO THE EARTH. 
At the Confiteor. 

The Prayer. 

J ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
praying in the garden, 
unto thy heavenly Father, 
being in agony, didst mira- 
culously sweat blood from all 
thy members ; grant that, by 
remembrance of thy bitter 
passion, I may shed tears of 
sincere repentance, now in 
thy presence. Amen. 



With the Passion. 639 



JESUS IS BETRAYED WITH A KISS. 
The Priest Kisses the Altar. 
The Prayer. 

JT ORD Jesus Christ, who 
sufferedst Judas to be- 
tray thee with a kiss ; grant 
that I may never betray thee 
in my neighbor or myself; 
nor ever return evil to my 
enemies, but the good offices 
of charity. Amen. 



With the Passion. 



JESUS IS LED CAPTIVE. 



The Priest goes to the Corner of the | 



ORD Jesus Christ, who 



wouldst be bound by 
the hands of wicked men; 
loosen, I beseech thee, the 
chains of my sins ; and so tie 
me with the bands of chari- 
ty, and the cords of thy com- 
mandments, that I may nei- 
ther in thought, word, nor 
deed, offend thee hereafter. 
Amen. 



Epistle. 



The Prayer. 




a— S. Heart. 




Copyright, 1S74, by Thomas Keiij. 



AT THE INTROIT. 



With the Passion. 643 



JESUS IS STRUCK IN THE FACE. 
At the Introit. 

The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst be brought 
bound to Annas, as a male- 
factor, by an armed band of 
wicked persons ; give me 
grace, that by no malignant 
spirit, or bad men, I be ever 
drawn to sin, but by thy 
good Spirit led to the fulfill- 
ing of thy divine will. Amen. 



With the Passion. 645 



1 



JESUS IS DENIED BY PETER. 
At the Kyrie Eleison. 
The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who 
sufferedst thyself to be 
thrice denied by the prince 
of thy apostles, in the house 
of Caiphas ; preserve me, I 
beseech thee, from ill com- 
pany, that I may suffer all 
worldly losses, and even 
death itself, rather than deny 
thee once. Amen. 



With the Passion. 



WITH A LOOK OF JESUS, PETER IS 
CONVERTED. 

At the Dominus Vobiscum. 

The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
mercifully looking back 
on Peter caused him bitterly 
to weep for his offences ; look 
on me, I beseech thee, with 
the eye of thy mercy, that I 
may with tears fully bewail 
my sins in thy presence, and 
neither in word nor deed ever 
offend thee, my Lord and 
my God. Amen. 



With the Passion. 649 



JESUS LED TO PILATE. 
At the Epistle. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst be brought to 
Pilate, and before him falsely 
accused ; teach me to avoid 
the fallacies of the wicked, 
and profess thy faith truly by 
good works. Amen. 



With the Passion. 65 1 



JESUS IS BROUGHT TO HEROD. 
At Munda Cor Meum. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
before Herod, didst for 
my sake suffer the same al- 
legations of crime against 
thee, without returning the 
least word to justify thyself ; 
grant that I may patiently 
bear the injuries of the wick- | 
ed, and learn from thee, O 
my divine Master, to be 
meek and humble of heart. 
Amen. 



With the Passion. 653 

JESUS IS SCOFFED AND SENT BACK TO 
PILATE. 

At the Gospel. 

The Prayer. 

yORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst be again sent 
back by Herod to Pilate, 
and by that means caused a 
reconciliation between them ; 
grant me not to fear the de- 
signs of my enemies, but to 
profit in being persecuted by 
them, and follow thy exam- 
ple. Amen. 




AT THE UNVEILING OF THE CHALICE. 



With the Passion. 



655 



JESUS IS SPOILED OF HIS GARMENTS. 
At the Unveiling of the Chalice. 
The* Prayer. 



T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst be despoiled 
of thy garments, and stripped 
naked, and scourged, for my 
sake ; grant me, by a naked 
confession of my sins, to put 
off the old man with all his 
acts, and never to appear 
naked of virtue in thy sight. 
Amen. 





AT THE OFFERTORY. 



With the Passion. 65 7 



JESUS IS SCOURGED. 
At the Offertory. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
for me wouldst be 
bound unto a pillar, and 
there cruelly whipped ; give 
me grace willingly to bear 
the rods of thy paternal cor- 
rection, and never more to 
scourge thee by my trans- 
gressions. Amen. 

42-S. Heart. 




AT THE COVERING OF THE CHALICE. 



With the Passion. 669 



JESUS IS CROWNED WITH THORNS. 
At the Covering of the Chalice. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
for my sake wouldst be 
so cruelly crowned with 
thorns, pierce me so thor- 
oughly with the thorns of 
penance, that I may have a 
right to be crowned by thee 
in Heaven. Amen. 



With the Passion. 66 1 



PILATE WASHETH HIS HANDS. 
The Priest Washeth his Fingers. 

The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, Son 
of the living God, who, 
though pronounced innocent 
by the President Pilate, didst 
hear, without opening thy 
divine lips, the outcries of 
the Jews to crucify thee ; 
grant that I may live inno- 
cently, and that the malice 
of others may not trouble 
me. Amen. 



With tlie Passion. 663 ! 

PILATE SAYS TO THE JEWS, BEHOLD THE 
MAN. 

At the Orate Fratres. 

The Prayer 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
for me wouldst be 
shown unto the Jews with 
the ensigns of their mockery 
on thee ; give me grace to fly 
the ostentation of vain-glory, 
and to bear mockery and 
contempt for thy sake. 
Amen. 



With the Passion. 665 

JESUS IS CONDEMNED TO DIE. 
At the Preface. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
didst, for my sake, 
vouchsafe to receive the sen- 
tence of death, even the 
death of the cross ; make me, 
for thy love, not to fear the 
sentence of the most cruel 
death that the perverted 
judgments of men can pro- 
nounce against me, nor ever 
perversely to judge others. 
Amen. 



AT THE MEMENTO FOR THE LIVING. 



With the Passion. 667 



JESUS BEARS HIS CROSS. 
At the Memento for the Living. 

The Prayer. 

TORD Jesus Christ, who 
for me didst bear on thy 
own shoulders thy Cross ; 
make me ardently to embrace 
the cross of mortification, 
and, for the love of thee, to 
bear it daily after thee. 
Amen. 




THE PRIEST HOLDS HIS HANDS OVER THE CHALICE. 



With the Passion. 



66q 



VERONICA OFFERS JESUS A TOWEL. 
The Priest holds his Hands over the 



ORD Jesus Christ, who, 



in that miserable jour- 
ney wherein thou traveledst 
to thy torture, didst so lov- 
ingly admonish the women 
that wept over thee, to 
mourn for themselves ; give 
me grace to shed tears of re- 
pentance, that with them I 
may wash off my sins, and 
become acceptable to thee. 
Amen. 



Chalice. 



The Prayer. 





THE PRIEST SIGNS THE OBLATION. 



With tlie Passion. 6ji 

JESUS IS NAILED ON THE CROSS. 
The Priest Signs the Oblation. 
The Prayer, 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst for my sake be 
nailed on the Cross, and to 
the same didst fasten the 
handwriting of sin and death 
that was against me ; trans- 
fix, I beseech thee, my body 
with thy holy fear, that, firm- 
ly adhering to thy precepts, 
I may forever be fastened 
with thee to thy Cross. 
Amen. 




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THE ELEVATION OF THE HOST. 



With the Passion. 673 



THE CROSS IS RAISED UP. 
The Elevation of the Host. 

The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst be raised on 
the Cross, and in that man- 
ner exalted from the earth, 
for my sake ; raise me, I be- 
seech thee, from all earthly 
affections, that my soul may 
always live in heaven. 
Amen. 

*3— S. Heart. 




AT THE ELEVATION OF THE CHALICE. 



With the Passion. 675 

JESUS' BLOOD FLOWS FROM HIS 
WOUNDS. 

At the Elevation of the Chalice. 

The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
from thy saving wounds, 
madest the fountain of thy 
grace flow to us ; grant that 
as often as lewd desires or 
sinister affections impugn me, 
I may presently recur to thy 
wounds, and from them draw 
my remedy. Amen. 



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AT THE MEMENTO FOR THE DEAD. 



With the Passion. 677 

JESUS PRAYS FOR THE WORLD. 
At the Memento for the Dead. 
The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
hanging on the Cross, 
didst implore thy Father for 
all mankind, even thy cruci- 
fiers ; give me, I beseech 
thee, the grace of humility 
and patience, that, according 
to thy word and example, I 
may love my enemies, and do 
good to those that hate me. 
Amen. 



With the Passion. 679 

THE CONVERSION OF THE THIEF. 

At Nobis Quoque Peccatoribus. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
didst so mercifully prom- 
ise Heaven to the thief that 
humbly acknowledged his 
injustice ; behold me, I be- 
seech thee, with the same 
eyes of mercy, that, now con- 
fessing my crimes, I may ob- 
tain pardon, and in the end 
of my life be strengthened 
with hope to be with thee in 
Heaven. Amen. 



With the Passion. 68 1 

THE SEVEN WORDS OF JESUS ON THE 
CROSS. 

At the Pater Noster. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
*~ J (among the other words 
spoken by thee on the Cross) 
wouldst recommend thy mo- 
ther to thy beloved disciple, 
and him again to her ; I 
commend unto thee myself 
and all I have, with a firm 
faith and confidence in thy j 
protection ; beseeching thee, 
by their intercessions, to pre- 
serve me amidst the troubles 
and dangers of this life. 
Amen. 




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AT THE BREAKING OF THE HOST. 



68 3 



JESUS DIES ON THE CROSS. 



At the Breaking of the Host. 



The Prayer. 



ORD Jesus Christ, who, 



for my sake dying on 
the Cross, didst commend 
thy soul unto thy Father ; 
grant that in this life I may 
spiritually die with thee, and 
in the hour of my death com- 
mend my soul unto thee, 
who livest and reignest God, 
world without end. Amen. 





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THE PRIEST PUTS PART OF THE HOST INTO THE CHAT, ICE. 



With the Passion. 



685 



THE SOUL OF JESUS DESCENDS INTO 
HELL. 

The Priest puts part of the Host into the 
Chalice. 

The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
after thy glorious vic- 
tory over the power of the 
Devil, didst descend into 
Limbo, and tookest thence 
the souls of the Fathers, till 
then detained there ; extend, 
I beseech thee, the virtue of 
thy most precious blood and 
passion to the faithful in Pur- 
gatory, that they may come 
to thy eternal joys. Amen. 



With the Passion. 687 



THE CONVERSION OF MANY AT THE 



ORD Jesus Christ, at 



whose patience in tor- 
ments, and blessed death, 
many, beating their breasts, 
lamented their offences ; by 
thy bitter passion and death, 
give me grace with my whole 
heart to grieve for my sins, 
and never offend thee more. 
Amen. 



CROSS. 



At the Agnus Dei. 



The Prayer. 




With the Passion. 68 g 



JESUS IS BURIED. 
At the Communion. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
wouldst for my sake be 
buried in a new monument ; 
give me, O Lord my God, a 
new heart, that, dying in 
thee, I may happily partici- 
pate in the glory of thy re- 
surrection. Amen. 



4A— B. Heart. 




AT THE ABLUTION. 



With the Pxssion. 691 

JESUS IS ANOINTED. 
At the Ablution. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who 
for me, miserable sinner, 
now dead, wouldst by Joseph 
and Nicodemus be embalm- 
ed with spices, and wrapped 
in. white linen ; grant me 
worthily to receive from thy 
holy altar thy true and living 
Body in the Eucharist, and 
forever conserve it in a clean 
heart and body. Amen. 



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AFTER COMMUNION. 



With the Passion. 693 

JESUS' RESURRECTION. 
After Communion. 

The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who 
didst, through thy shut 
and sealed sepulchre, rise tri- 
umphant from the dead ; 
grant me grace to rise from 
the bondage of sin, to walk 
in newness of life, that when 
thou, who art my Judge, 
shalt appear, I may also ap- 
pear with thee in glory. 
Amen. 




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AT THE DOMIXUS YOBISCTTtf. 



With the Passion. 6g5 

JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DISCIPLES. 
At the Dominus Vobiscum. 
The Prayer. 

ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
after thy resurrection, 
didst manifest thyself to thy 
beloved mother and disciples, 
to their great joy and conso- 
lation ; mercifully grant me 
the grace, that, after this 
mortal life, I may with them 
rejoice in thy heavenly king- 
dom, enjoying thy presence 
forever. Amen. 




AT THE LAST COLLECT. 



With the Passion. 697 

JESUS CONVERSES FORTY DAYS WITH HIS 
DISCIPLES. 

At the Last Collect. 

The Prayer. 

J^ORD Jesus Christ, who j 

didst vouchsafe, after 
thy resurrection, to converse 
forty days with thy disciples, 
and instruct them in all the 
mysteries of faith ; teach me, 
I beseech thee, to live ac- 
cording to thy doctrine, and 
never to swerve in the least 
from thy will. Amen. 



With the Passion. 699 



JESUS ASCENDS INTO HEAVEN. 
At the Last Dominus Vobiscum. 
The Prayer. 

T ORD Jesus Christ, who, 
after the term of forty 
days, didst ascend glorious 
into Heaven, in the sight of 
thy disciples ; grant that my 
heart may, for thy love, loathe 
all earthly things ; attend 
only unto eternal ; and pant, 
hunger, and thirst after thee. 
Amen. 




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AT THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. 



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With the Passion. 701 



THE SEXDIXG OF THE HOLY GHOST. 
At the Gospel of St. John. 
The Prayer. 



ORD Jesus Christ, who 



didst send the Holy 
Ghost upon thy disciples, 
when they did continue 
praying ; cleanse, I beseech 
thee, my heart from all sin, 
that the same Holy Ghost 
may always dwell in it by 
his manifold gifts, and my 
soul be everlastingly com- 
forted. Amen. 





FIFTEEN MEDITATIONS 



GOOD and gracious Jesus! who 



being most high in the glory of thy 
Father, and equal to his divine essence, 
didst vouchsafe of thy infinite charity to 
be made man, to be born in a stable, to 
be laid in a manger, to be circumcised, 
and to fly into Egypt ; afterwards to be 
baptized, to be tempted, to fast, to watch, 
to teach the ignorant, and to heal the dis- 
eased; in thy whole life to suffer continual 



ON THE PASSION OF 



OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. 




Meditations on the. Passion. 703 

afflictions and persecutions ; and at length 
voluntarily to suffer death upon the cross, 
— and all this for me, and such wretched 
creatures as myself. 

OG00D and gracious Jesus ! who, 
having eaten the paschal lamb with 
thy dearly beloved disciples, didst arise 
from supper, gird thyself with a towel, 
pour water into a basin, and on bended 
knees didst humbly wash the feet of thy 
disciples, and wipe them with thy own 
hands. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus ! who, 
when the time of thy death ap- 
proached, didst bequeath a most excellent 
legacy to thy children, leaving us thy most 
sacred Body to be our meat, and thy most 
precious Blood to be our drink : no wit can 
reach, nor understanding penetrate the 
bottomless depth of this thy charity. 

OGOOD and gracious Lord ! who en- 
tering into the garden of Olives, 
began to fear and to be heavy; where- 



704 Meditations on the Passion. 

upon thou saidst to thy disciples, My soul 
is sorrowful even unto death, and then 
leaving them, kneeledst upon the ground, 
and falling flat on thy face, prayedst to 
thy Father, If it be possible, let this chal- 
ice pass from me. And yet, with perfect 
submission, wholly resignedst thyself to 
him, saying, Father, not my will but 
thine be done ; and at length, through 
most painful agony, thy afflicted and faint- 
ing body sweated drops of blood. 

t~\ GOOD and gracious Jesus ! who, in- 



flamed with an ineffable desire to 
redeem me, didst go to meet thine ene- 
mies, and sufferedst Judas the traitor to 
kiss thee, and thyself to be taken and 
bound with cords, and as a malefactor 
disgracefully led by the basest of the peo- 
ple to Annas, where with admirable meek- 
ness thou receivedst a cruel stroke on thy 
face, most unjustly given thee by a vile 
wretch and slave. 

GOOD and gracious Jesus ! who wast 



led fast bound, like a notorious 





Meditations on tlie Passion. jo5 

malefactor, from Annas, to the house of 
Caiphas, the High Priest, where the Jews 
most unjustly accused thee, and with bar- 
barous insolence spat upon thy meek and 
amiable face, buffeting thy cheeks and 
blindfolding thine eyes, scornfully mock- 
ing, and maliciously affronting thee with 
injuries all that night. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus! who in 
the morning wast brought to the 
presence of Pilate, and with a most sweet 
and humble countenance, casting thine 
eyes down, stoodst before him in the judg- 
ment-hall; and when thou wast most 
falsely calumniated by the Jews, and many 
insults and provocations given thee, thou 
meekly heldst thy peace, and patiently 
sufferedst their unjust proceedings. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus, who wast 
sent from Pilate to Herod; he out 
of vain curiosity coveting to see some mir- 
acle at thy hand, demanded many things 
of thee, and the Jews continuing their per- 
verseness against thee ; but to all these thy 

S. Heart, 



yo6 Meditations on tJte Passion. 



meekness replied not a word: wherefore 
Herod and all his court despised thee, and 
putting on thee a white garment in scorn 
and derision, sent thee thus back again to 
Pilate. O unspeakable humility and obe- 
dience to the will of thine enemies ! thou 
wentst forth and returnedst again, and 
wast led up and down from place to place 
without gainsaying, but suffering them to 
do whatever they would. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus ! who in 
the judgment-hall wast stripped 
naked, and without any compassion, most 
cruelly scourged. There was thy blessed 
virginal and tender flesh cut with whips 
and torn with stripes, altogether mangled 
and deformed, and made black and blue 
with wounds ; so that the streams of thy 
most precious blood ran down on every 
side upon the earth. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus ! after 
thy sharp and bloody scourging, to 
put thee to more shame and confusion, as 
also to increase thy torments, they cloth- 



Meditations on the Passion. 707 

ed thee with an old purple garment, and 
plaiting a crown of thorns, pressed it on 
thy holy head, till the sharp points pierced 
thy temples, and thy most precious blood 
fan down and covered thy face and neck ; 
they gave thee in derision a reed for thy 
sceptre, and kneeling down before thee in 
scorn, saluted thee, saying, Hail, King of 
the Jews ! then took they the reed out of 
thy hand, and with it struck thy sacred 
head, and again spat upon thy sacred 
face. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus! who 
wast brought forth from Pilate to 
the Jews to be gazed on, wearing the 
crown of thorns and purple garment, Pi- 
late showing thee to the people, and say- j 
ing, Behold the man ! but they cried out, 
with a loud voice and insatiable malice, 
Crucify him, crucify him! 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus ! thou 
wast delivered up to the will and 
pleasure of the Jews, who immediately 
led thee to be crucified, laying thy heavy 



708 Meditations on the Passion. 

cross upon thy sore and bloody shoulders ; 
thus didst thou humbly bear thine own 
cross, whose weight pained thee excessive- 
ly, and coming to the place all weary and 
breathless, thou refusedst not to taste 
wine mingled with gall and myrrh, which 
was the only relief there given thee. 

(~\ GOOD and gracious Jesus ! being 



come to Mount Calvary, thou wast 
again stripped naked, when thy wounds 
were renewed by the violent pulling off 
of thy clothes. What bitter pains didst 
thou suffer, when thou wast fastened to 
the cross with rough nails, and the joints 
of thy limbs stretched as on a rack ! O 
with what love and sweetness of charity 
didst thou suffer thy hands and feet to be 
bored through, whence, as from a foun- 
tain, thy precious blood gushed out. 

f~\ GOOD and gracious Jesus ! who, 



V-/ hanging on the cross between two 
thieves, wast assailed with blasphemies, 
and after so long a continuance of thy 
tortures, prayedst to thy Father to forgive 





Meditations on the Passion. 709 

them, and even when their fury was at the 
highest, didst exercise the greatest boun- 
ty, promising Paradise to the repenting 
thief, and bequeathing thy dearly-beloved 
Mother (who pierced with sorrow stood by 
the cross) to thy beloved disciple John, 
and in him to us all, -to be our mother; 
and after thou hadst suffered for three 
long hours intolerable pains and extreme 
thirst, they gave thee vinegar to drink, 
which when thou hadst tasted, bowing 
down thy venerable head, thou yieldedst 
up thy spirit. 

OGOOD and gracious Jesus! O Good 
Shepherd ! thus thou bestowedst 
thy life for thy sheep, and even after death 
still thou wouldst suffer for us, the sacred 
side of thy dead body being opened with 
a spear, out of which flowed water and 
blood. Thus at last ended all thy suffer- 
ings ; and thy enemies having slaked 
their thirst for thy blood, and being gone 
away, thy disciples came and took thy im- 
maculate body down from the cross, re- 



1 


JlO Meditations on the Passion. 

posed it on the knees of thy blessed 
Mother, and after all imaginable expres- 
sions of piety, reverence, and love, 
wrapped it up in linen, P-nd laid it in a 
sepulchre. 

The Prayer. 

MILD and innocent Lamb of God, 
thus heartily thou didst love me, 
these things thou didst for me, these pains 
most patiently and lovingly thou suffer- 
edst for me. What shall I render unto 
thee? I adore and glorify thee, I praise 
thee and give thee thanks, with all the 
powers of my soul. Jesus, Son of the 
living God, King of kings, and Lord of 
lords. Hail, most glorious Redeemer of 
our souls, whose death quickens and gives 
life to the world. 

0 blessed Saviour, have mercy on me, 
for thy goodness* sake ; forgive me all my 
sins, destroy and mortify in me whatever 
displeaseth thee. Make me one according 
to thy heart, and grant that to the utmost 
of my power I may most diligently imi- 





Meditations on the Passion. Jn 

tate thy holy life. O blessed Father of 
heaven ! behold I offer the most holy in- 
carnation, life, and passion of thy dearly- 
beloved Son Jesus Christ, in full satisfaction 
for all my sins, and perfect amendment of 
my life. Grant, most merciful Father, for 
the merits of thy only-begotten Son, to 
the living, mercy and grace, and to the 
souls departed, rest and life everlasting. 
Amen. 

LOOSEN, O Lord, we pray thee, in 
thy pity, the bonds of our sins, and 
by the intercession of the blessed Mary, ever 
Virgin Mother of God, the blessed Apostles 
Peter and Paul, and all saints, keep us 
thy servants and our abodes in all holi- 
ness ; cleanse us, our relations, kinsfolk, 
and acquaintances, from all stain of sin ; 
adorn us with all virtue ; grant to us peace 
and health; drive far off all our enemies 
visible and invisible ; bridle our appetites ; 
grant us healthful seasons ; show forth thy 
love towards our friends and our enemies; 
guard thy holy city ; preserve our Sove- 



7 12 Meditations on the Passion. 




reign Pontiff Pius IX., and defend all our 
prelates, princes, and all thy Christian 
people, from all adversity. Let thy bless- 
ing be ever upon us, and grant to all the 
faithful departed eternal rest. Through 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 




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CRUCIFIXION. 





DEVOTIONS FOR THE STATIONS; 

OR 

HOLY WAY OF THE CROSS. 

(From the Raccolta.) 

(The pious reader may use any other devotions 
which are more to his mind.) 

Begin with an Act of Contrition. 

STATION I. 
Jesus condemned to death. 

V. We adore Thee, O Christ, and bless 
Thee. 



7 14 The Stations of the Cross. 




R. Because by Thy holy Cross Thou 
hast redeemed the world. 



MY Jesus, oft have I signed Thy death 
warrant by my sins ; save me by 
Thy death from that death eternal I de- 
serve. Our Father, Hail Mary, etc. 
V, Have mercy on us, O Lord. 
R. Have mercy on us. 

Passing on from one station to another, say : 

Holy Mother, pierce me through, 
In my heart each wound renew 
Of my Saviour crucified. 



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STATION II. 
Jesus bears His Cross. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, who by Thine own will 
didst take on Thee the Cross I 
made for Thee by my sins ; O make me 
feel their heavy weight, and sorrow for 
them ever while I live. 

Our Father, etc., V. Have mercy, etc. 



7 1 6 The Stations of the Cross. 




STATION III. 
Jesus falls the first time beneath the Cross. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, the heavy burden of my 
sins is on Thee, and bears Thee 
down beneath the Cross. My Jesus, I 
loathe them, I detest them, I call on 
Thee to pardon them ; may Thy grace 
aid me never to commit them more. 
Our Father. K Have mercy, etc. 



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STATION IV. 

Jesus meets His Mother. 

V. We adore, etc. 

TESUS most suffering! Mary, Mother 
m | most sorrowful ! if for the past by 
sin I have caused you pain and anguish, 
yet, by God's assisting grace, it shall be 
so no more, rather be ye my love hence- 
forth till death. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



7 1 8 The Stations of the Cross. 




station v. 

Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry the Cross. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, blest, thrice blest was he 
who aided Thee to bear the Cross. 
Blest shall I be, if I too aid Thee to bear 
the Cross, by patiently bowing my neck to 
the crosses Thou shalt send me during 
life. My Jesus, give me grace to do so. 
Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



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STATION VI. 
Jesus and Veronica. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY tender Jesus, who didst deign to 
print Thy sacred face upon the 
cloth with which Veronica dried the sweat 
from off Thy brows ; print in my soul 
deep, I pray Thee, the lasting memory of 
Thy bitter pains. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



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STATION VII 
Jesus falls again. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, oft have I sinned, and oft 
by sin beat Thee to the ground 
beneath the Cross. Help me to use the 
efficacious means of grace, that I may 
never fall again. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



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STATION VIII. 
Jesus comforts the women of Jerusalem. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, who didst comfort the pious 
women of Jerusalem, who wept to 
see Thee bruised and torn ; comfort my 
soul with Thy tender pity, for in Thy pity 
lies my trust. May my heart ever answer 
Thine ! 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 

46— S. Heart, 



722 The Stations of the Cross. 




STATION IX. 
Again a third time Jesus falls. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, by all Thy bitter woes 
Thou didst endure, when a third 
time the heavy Cross bowed Thee to the 
earth, O never, never let me fall away; 
but rather let me die than ever mortally 
sin again ! Amen. Amen. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



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STATION X. 
Jesus stripped and drenched. 
V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, stripped naked of Thy 
clothes, and drenched with gall, 
strip me from love for things of earth, and 
make me loathe all that savors of the 
world and sin. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 





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Tesus nailed to the Cross. 






V. We adore, etc. 




1\ MY Jesus, by Thine agony when the 
J-VX cruel nails pierced Thy tender 
hands and feet, and fixed them to the 
Cross, 0 make me crucify my flesh with 
Christian penance. 

Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



The Stations of the Cross. 725 




STATION XII. 
Jesus dies. 
K We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, three hours didst Thou 
hang in agony, and then die for 
me; then let me die before I sin, and if I 
live, live for Thy love and faithful service. 
Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



726 The Stations of the Cross. 




STATION XIII. 



Jesus taken from the Cross and laid in Mary's 
bosom. 

V. We adore, etc. 

MARY, Mother most sorrowful, the 
sword of grief went through thy 
soul when thou didst see Jesus lying life- 
less in thy bosom , ask for me hatred 
of sin, because sin slew thy Son, and 
wounded thine own heart, and then grace 
to live a Christian life, and save my soul. 
Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



The Stations* of the Cross. 727 




STATION XIV. 
Jesus laid in the tomb. 

V. We adore, etc. 

MY Jesus, beside Thy Body in the 
tomb I too would lie dead ; and if 
I live, live but to Thee, so one day to 
taste Heaven's bliss with Thee, fruit of 
Thy Passion and Thy bitter death. Amen. 
Our Father, etc. V. Have mercy, etc. 



728 The Stations of the Cross. 
Let us pray. 

GOD, who by the precious Blood of 
Thy only-begotten Son didst sanc- 
tify the standard of the Cross ; grant, we 
beseech Thee, that we who rejoice in the 
glory of the same Holy Cross, may feel 
every where the gladness of Thy sovereign 
protection. Through the same Christ our 
Lord. 

End with one Our Father, Hail Mary 
and Glory for the intention of the Sove- 
reign Pontiff. 




TABLE FOR FINDING- THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS. 



Circumcision. 
Epiphany 

1st Sun. after Epiph. 
2d »* 
3d 44 
4th " 
5th " 

Septuagresima. 
Sexagesimal 
Quinquagesima. 
1st Sunday of Lent 
2d 
3d 

4th 44 
5th 44 
Palm Sunday. 
Easter Sunday. 
1st Sun. after Easter 
2d 14 
3d 41 

4th 44 14 
5th 14 

Ascension Day. 
Sunday within Oct 
Whitsunday. 
Trinity Sunday. 
Corpus Christi. 
2d Sun. after Pente 
3d 44 

4th 44 " 
5th 44 

6th 44 44 
7th 44 
8th 44 

9th 44 44 
10th 44 
11th 44 

12th 44 44 
13ih 44 

14th 44 44 
15th 44 44 
16th 44 

17th 44 44 
18th 44 
19th 44 
20th 44 
21st 44 
22d 44 
23d 44 
24th 44 
25th 44 
26th 44 
27th ' 4 

1st Sun. of Advent. 
2d 44 
3d 44 
4th 44 
Christmas. 
Sunday within Oct 




Gospels for * Sundays are those blank after Epiphany. 



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TABLE FOR FINDING THE EPISTLES AND GOSPELS. 



Circumcision. 
Epiphany. 
1st Sun. after Epipli. 
2d 44 
3d 14 
4th M 
5th " 
6th 44 
Septuagesima. 
Sexagesima. 
Quinquagesima. 
1st Sunday of Lent, 
2d 
3d 

4th " 

5th " " 

Palm Sunday. 

Easter Sunday. 

1st Sun. after Easter 

2d 

3d 

4th 14 
5th 11 

Ascension Day. 
Sunday within Oct 
Whitsunday. 
Trinity Sunday. 
Corpus Christi. 
2i Sun. after Pente 
3d 14 
4th 14 

5th 44 44 

6th 44 
7th 4 ' 
8th 41 
9th 44 
10th 44 
11th 44 
12th 44 
13th 14 
14th 44 
15th 44 
16th " 
17th 44 
18th 44 
19th 44 
20th 44 
21st 44 

aid 44 

23d 14 
24th 14 
25th 44 

26th 44 44 
27th 44 
28th 44 

1st Sun. of Advent. 

2d 'i 

3d 44 

4th 44 

Christmas. 

Sunday within Oct. 



Feb. 5 

41 12 

14 19 

44 26 

Mar. 5 

44 12 

" 19 

44 26 

Apr. 2 

44 16 
44 23 
I 44 30 
Mar 
44 14 
44 IS 
! 44 21 
| 44 28 
June 4 
44 8 
i " 11 
| " 18 
! 44 25 
July 2 
i 44 9 
44 16 
44 23 
44 3n 
Aug. 6 
44 13 
44 20 
44 27 
Sept. 3 
" 10 
44 17 
" 24 
Oct. 1 
44 8 
" 15 
22 
20 
5 
12 
44 *19 
| 4 4 26 



Nov. 




Jan. 1 
44 6 
44 13 
44 20 
44 Z 

Feb. 3 



Jan. 21 

44 28 

Feb. 4 

44 11 

44 18 

44 25 

Mar. 4 

44 11 

44 18 

44 25 

Apr. 1 

" 8 

14 15 

44 22 

44 29 

May 3 

44 6 

" 13 

44 20 

44 24 

44 27 

June 3 

44 10 

44 17 

44 24 

Julv 1 

44 8 

44 15 

44 22 

41 29 

Aug. 

c. 12 

44 19 
" 26 
Sept. 2 
9 
16 
23 
30 
Oct. 7 
14 
21 
28 
Nov. *4 

n\ 

*18 
25 
2 
9 
16 
23 
25 
3 J 



1884. 



Feb. 10 

44 17 

44 24 

Mar. 2 
9 

44 16 

44 23 

44 30 

Apr. 6 

' 4 13 

44 20 

44 27 

May 4 

M 11 

44 IS 

4. ^ 

44 25 
June i 

8 

44 1: 
44 15 
44 22 
44 29 
July 
" 13 
44 2> 
» 2' 
Aug. 3 
" 10 
44 1 
44 24 
" 31 
Sept. 7 
" 14 
44 21 
28 
5 
12 
19 
44 26 
Nov. 2 
9 

44 16 
44 23 



Apr. 



M;i 



Oct. 



Dec. 



ay 



Feb. 1 
44 S 
44 15 
44 22 
Mar. 1 
44 8 
15 
22 
20 
5 
12 
19 
2^ 
3 
10 
44 14 
1 

44 24 
44 31 

J une 4 

44 14 
44 21 

« 28 

July 5 
.. 12 

44 19 
44 26 
Aug. 2 

44 16 
44 23 

" 30 
Sept. 6 
" 13 
44 20 
27 
4 

14 11 

44 18 
41 25 
Nov. 1 
" 8 
44 *15 
22 



Oct. 



Nov. 29 
Dec. 6 
44 13 
" 20 
44 25 



1887. 



Apr. 



July 



1 

6 
9 
16 
23 
30 



Mar. 



Apr. 



Nov 28 

Dec. 5 

44 12 

44 19 

44 25 

44 26 



Feb. 6 
44 13 
44 20 
44 27 
6 
13 
20 
27 
3 

10 
44 17 
44 24 
May 1 
44 8 
44 15 
• 4 19 
'« 22 
44 29 
June 5 
" 9 
12 
19 
26 
3 
10 
17 
24 
31 
7 
14 
" 21 
44 28 
Sept. 4 
44 11 
44 18 
44 25 
Oct. 2 
4 - 9 
44 16 
44 23 
44 30 
Nov. 6 
" 13 
44 20 



July 



Aug 



Nov. 27 
Dec. 4 
44 11 
44 13 
44 25 




Epistle. Rom. xiii. 11-14. Brethren: Know that 
it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now 
our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The 
night is past and the day is at hand : let us therefore 
cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armor of 
light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in riot- 
ing and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, 
not in contention and envy : but put ye on the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 



4 



Epistles and Gospels. 



Gospel. Luke xxi. 25-33. At that time Jesus said 
to his disciples : There shall be signs in the sun, and in 
the moon, and in the stars, and upon the earth distress 
of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of 
the sea and of the waves : men withering away for fear, 
and expectation of what shall come upon the whole 
world : for the powers of the heavens shall be moved : 
and then they shall see the Son of Man coining in a 
cloud with great power and majesty. But when these 
things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your 
heads : because your redemption is at hand. And he 
spoke to them a similitude : See the fig tree and all the 
trees : when they now shoot forth their fruit, you know 
that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see 
these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God 
is at hand. Amen, I say to you, this generation shall 
not pass away till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and 
earth shall pass away : but my words shall not pass away. 



SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT. 

Epistle. Rom. xv. 4-13. Brethren : What things 
soever were written, were written for our learning, that 




Seco7id Sunday of Advent. 5 

through patience and the comfort of the Scriptures we 
might have hope. Now the God of patience and of com- 
fort grant you to be of one mind one towards another, 
according to Jesus Christ : that with one mind, and with 
one mouth, you may glorify God and the Father of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore receive one another, as 
Christ also hath received you unto the honor of God. 
For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circum- 
cision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises 
made unto the fathers. But that the Gentiles are to 
glorify God for his mercy, as it is written : Therefore, 
will I confess to thee, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and 
will sing to thy name. And again, he saith : Rejoice, 
ye Gentiles, with his people. And again : Praise the 
Lord, all ye Gentiles, and magnify him, all ye peoples. 
And again, Isaias saith : There shall be a root of Jesse, 
and he that shall rise up to rule the Gentiles, in him 
the Gentiles shall hope. Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in' believing : that you may 
abound in hope, and in the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Gospel. Matt. xi. 2-10. At that time, when John 
had heard in prison the works of Christ, sending two 
of his disciples, he said to him : Art thou he that art to 
come, or look we for another ? And Jesus making 
answer, said to them : Go and relate to John what you 
have heard and seen. The blind see, the lame walk, 
the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise 
again, the poor have the Gospel preached to them : and 
blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me. And 
when they went their way, Jesus began to say to the 



6 Epistles and Gospels. 



multitude, concerning John : What went you out into 
the desert to see ? A reed shaken with the wind ? What 
went you out to see ? A man clothed in soft garments ? 
Behold, they that are clothed in soft garments are in 
the houses of kings. But what went ye out to see ? A 
prophet ? Yea, I tell you, and more than a prophet. For 
this is he of whom it is written : Behold, I send my 
angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before 
thee. 

THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT. 

Epistle. Philip, iv. 4-7. Brethren : Rejoice in the 
Lord always : again, I say, rejoice. Let your modesty 
be known to all men: The Lord is nigh. Be nothing 
solicitous : but in everything by prayer and supplication 
with thanksgiving, let your petitions be made known to 
God. And the peace of God, which surpasseth all un- 
derstanding, keep your hearts and minds in Christ 
Jesus. 

Gospel. John i. 19-28. At that time the Jews 
sent from Jerusalem Priests and Levites to John, to ask 
him : Who art thou ? And he confessed, and did not 
deny : and he confessed : I am not the Christ. And 
they asked him : What then ? Art thou Elias ? And he 
said : I am not. Art thou the prophet ? And he answer- 
ed : No. They said therefore unto him : Who art thou, 
that we may give an answer to them that sent us ? 
What sayest thou of thyself? He said: lam the voice 
of one crying in the wilderness : Make straight the 
way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. And they 
that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked 



Fourth Sunday of Advent. 7 



him and said to him : Why then dost thou baptize, if 
thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet ? John 
answered them saying : I baptize with water : but there 
hath stood one in the midst of you whom you know 
not. The same is he that shall come after me, who 
is preferred before me : the latchet of whose shoe 
I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in 
Bethania beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT. 

Epistle, i Cor. iv. 1-5. Brethren : Let a man so 
account of us as of the ministers of Christ : and the 
dispensers of the mysteries of God. Here now it is re- 
quired among the dispensers that a man be found faith- 
ful. But to me it is a very small thing to be judged 
by you, or by man's day : but neither do I judge my 
own self. For I am not conscious to myself of any- 
thing: yet I am not hereby justified : but he that judg- 
eth me is the Lord. Therefore, judge not before the 
time till the Lord come : who both will bring to light 
the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest 
the counsels of hearts : and then shall every man 
have praise from God. 

Gospel. Luke iii. 1-6. Now in the fifteenth year 
of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being 
governor of Judea, and Herod Tetrarch of Galilee, and 
Philip his brother Tetrarch of Iturea and the country 
of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilina, under 
the high priests Annas and Caiphas: the word of the Lord 
was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. 



8 Epistles and Gospels. 



And he came into all the country about the Jordan 
preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of 
sins, as it was written in the book of the words of Isaias 
the prophet : A voice of one crying in the wilderness : 
Prepare ye the way of the Lord : make straight his 
paths : Every valley shall be filled, and every moun- 
tain and hill shall be brought low : and the crooked 
shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain : and 
all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 




CHRISTMAS DAY. 



FIRST MASS AT MIDNIGHT. 

Epistle. Tit. ii. 11-15. Dearly Beloved: The 
grace of God our Saviour hath appeared to all men, in- 
structing us, that denying ungodliness and worldly de- 
sires, we should live soberly, and justly, and godly, in 
this world, looking for the blessed hope, and coming of 
the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ : who gave himself for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and might cleanse to himself a peo- 
ple acceptable, a pursuer of good works. These things 



Christmas. 9 

speak and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let 
no man despise thee. 

Gospel. Luke ii. 1-14. And it came to pass that 
in those days there went out a decree from Caesar Au- 
gustus, that the whole world should be enrolled. This 
enrolling was first made by Cyrinus the governor of | 
Syria : and all went to be enrolled, every one into his 
own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee out 
of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David, I 
which is called Bethlehem : because he was of the house 
and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his 
espoused wife, who was with child. And it came to pass, 
that when they were there, her days were accomplished, 
that she should be delivered. And she brought forth } 
her first-born son, and wrapped him up in swaddling 
clothes, and laid him in a manger : because there was 
no room for them in the inn. And there were in the 
same country shepherds watching, and keeping the 
night watches over their flock. And behold an angel 
of the Lord stood by them, and the brightness of God 
shone around about them, and they feared with a great 
fear. And the angel said to them : Fear not : for be- 
hold I bring you good tidings of great joy, that shall be 
to all the people : for this day is born to you a Saviour, 
who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David. And this 
shall be a sign unto you : you shall find the infant wrap- 
ped in swaddling clothes, and laid in a manger. And 
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 
heavenly army, praising God, and saying : Glory to God 
in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good wilL 



io Epistles and Qospels. 

THE MASS OF THE DAY. 

Epistle. Heb. i. 1-12. God, who at sundry times 
and in divers manners spoke in times past to the fathers- 
by the prophets : last of all, in these days, hath spoken 
to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of 
all things, by whom also he made the world : who be- 
ing the brightness of his glory, and the figure of his sub- 
stance, and upholding all things by the word of his 
power, making purgation of sins, sitteth on the right 
hand of the majesty on high : being made so much 
better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more 
excellent name than they. For to which of the angels 
hath he said at any time : Thou art my son, to-day 
have I begotten thee? And again : I will be to him a 
Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? And again, when 
he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world he saith: 
And let all the angels of God adore him. And to the 
angels indeed he saith : He that maketh his angels 
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But to the 
Son : Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever : a sceptre 
of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast 
loved justice, and hated iniquity : therefore God, thy 
God hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above 
thy fellows. And : Thou in the beginning, O Lord, 
didst found the earth : and the works of thy hands are 
the heavens. They shall perish, but thou shalt continue, 
and they shall all grow old as a garment. And as a 
vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be 
changed : but thou art the self-same, and thy years shall 
not fail. 



Sunday after Christmas. 1 1 



Gospel. — John i. 1-14, p. 117. 



SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF 
CHRISTMAS. 

Epistle. Gal. iv. 1-7. Brethren : As long as the 
heir is a child, he differeth nothing from a servant, 
though he be lord of all : but is under tutors and gov- 
ernors until the time appointed by the father : so we 
also, when we were children, w T ere in bondage under the 
elements of the world. But when the fullness of the 
time was come, God sent his Son, made of a woman, 
made under the law, that he might redeem them who 
were under the law, that we might receive the adoption 
of sons. And because you are sons, God hath sent the 
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying : Abba, Fa- 
ther. Therefore now he is not a servant, but a son. 
And if a son : an heir also, through God. 

Gospel. Luke ii. 33-40. At that time Joseph, and 
Mary, the mother of Jesus, were wondering at those 
things, which were spoken concerning him. And Simeon 
blessed them, and said to Mary his mother : Behold 
this child is set for the fall, and for the resurrection of 
many in Israel, and for a sign which shall be contradict- 
ed: and thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that out of 
many hearts thoughts shall be revealed. And there was 
one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of 
the tribe of Aser : she was far advanced in years, and 
had lived w r ith her husband seven years from her vir- 
ginity. And she was a widow until fourscore and four 



12 Epistles and Gospels. 



years : who departed not from the temple, by fastings 
and prayers serving night and day. Now she at the 
same hour coming in, confessed to the Lord : and spoke 
of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel, 
And after they had performed all things according to 
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their 
city Nazareth. And the child grew, and waxed strong, 
full of wisdom : and the grace of God was in him. 

THE CIRCUMCISION OF OUR LORD. 

Epistle. Titus ii. n-i5,p. 6. 

Gospel. Luke ii. 21. At that time, after eight 
days were accomplished that the child should be cir- 
cumcised : his name was called JESUS, which was 
called by the Angel, before he was conceived in the 
womb. 



THE EPIPHANY. 

Epistle. Isaias Ix. 1-6. Arise, be enlightened, O 
Jerusalem : for thy light is come, and the glory of the 
Lord is risen upon thee. For behold darkness shall 
cover the earth, and a mist the people : but the Lord 
shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon 
thee. And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and 
kings in the brightness of thy rising. Lift up thy eyes 
round about and see : all these are gathered together, 
they are come to thee : thy sons shall come from afar, 
and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side. Then shalt 
thou see and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and 



! 

Epiphany. 1 3 

be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be coiv 
verted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come 
to thee. The multitude of camels shall cover thee, 
the dromedaries of Madian and Epha : all they from 
Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense, and 
showing forth praise to the Lord. 

Gospel. Matt. ii. 1-12. When Jesus, therefore, was 
born in Bethlehem of Juda, in the days of king Herod, 
behold, there came Wise men from the East to Jerusa- 
lem, saying: Where is he that is born King of the 
Jews ? For we have seen his star in the East, and are 
come to adore him. And king Herod hearing this, 
was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him : and as- 
sembling together all the chief priests and scribes of 
the people, he inquired of them where Christ should 
be born. But they said to him : In Bethlehem of 
Juda : for so it is written by the prophet : And 
thou Bethlehem, the land of Juda, art not the least 
among the princes of Juda : for out of thee shall come 
forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel. 
Then Herod, privately calling the wise men, learned 
diligently of them the time of the star, which appeared 
to them : and sending them into Bethlehem, said : Go 
and diligently inquire after the child : and when you 
have found him, bring me word again, that I also may 
come and adore him. Who having heard the king, went 
their way : and behold, the star which they had seen in 
the East, went before them, until it came and stood 
over where the child was. And seeing the star, they re- 
joiced with exceeding great joy, And entering into the 



14 Epistles and Gospels. 



house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and 
falling down, they adored him : and opening their treas- 
ures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and 
myrrh. And having received an answer in sleep that 
they should not return to Herod, they went back anoth- 
er way into their country, 

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

Epistle. Rom. xii. 1-5. Brethren : I beseech 
you, by the mercy of God, that you present your 
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing unto God, 
your reasonable service. And be not conformed to 
this world, but be reformed in the newness of your 
mind : that you may prove what is the good, and 
the acceptable, and the perfect will of God. For I 
say, through the grace that is given me, to all 
that are among you : not to be more wise than it be- 
hoveth to be wise, but to be wise unto sobriety : and 
according as God hath divided to every one the meas- 
ure of faith. For as in one body we have many mem- 
bers, but all the members have not the same office : so 
we being many are one body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Gospel. Luke ii. 42-52. ^Yhen Jesus was twelve 
years old, they going up to Jerusalem according to 
the custom of the feast, and having fulfilled the days, 
when they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jeru- 
salem, and his parents knew it not. And thinking that 
he was in the company, they came a day's journey, and 
sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. 



Second Sunday after Epiphany. i5 



And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, 
seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days 
they found him in the temple sitting in the midst 
of the doctors, hearing them and asking them questions. 
And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom 
and his answers. And seeing him, they wondered. 
And his mother said to him : Son, why hast thou done 
so to us ? behold thy father and I have sought thee sor- 
rowing. And he said to them : How is it that you 
sought me ? did you not know that I must be about my 
Father's business? And they understood not the word 
that he spoke unto them. And he went down with them, 
and came to Nazareth : and was subject to them. And 
his mother kept all these words in her heart. And Je- 
sus advanced in wisdom and age, and grace with God 
and men. 

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

FEAST OF THE MOST HOLY NAME OF JESUS. 

Epistle. Acts iv. S-12. In those days Peter, filled 
with the Holy Ghost, said to them : Ye princes of the 
people and ancients, hear : If we this day are examined 
concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, 
by what means he hath been made whole, be it known 
to you all, and to all the people of Israel : that by the 
name of our Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom 
you crucified, whom God hath raised from the dead, j 
.even by him this man standeth here before you whole. 
This is the stone which was rejected by you the build- 



1 6 Epistles and Gospels. 

ers : which is become the head of the corner : neither 
is there salvation in any other. For there is no other 
name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be 
saved. 

Gospel of the Feast. Luke ii. 21. 

Gospel of the Sunday. John ii. 1-11. At 
that time there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee : 
and the mother of Jesus was there. And Jesus also 
was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. And 
the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him : They 
have no wine. And Jesus saith to her : Woman, what 
is to me and to thee ? my hour is not yet come. His 
mother saith to the waiters : Whatsoever he shall say 
to you do ye. Now there were set there six water- 
pots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying 
of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. 
Jesus saith to them : Fill the water-pots with water. 
And they filled them up to the brim. And Jesus saith 
to them : Draw out now and carry to the chief stew- 
ard of the feast. And they carried it. And when the 
chief steward had tasted the water made wine, and 
knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had 
drawn the water : the chief steward calleth the bride- 
groom, and saith to him : Every man at first setteth 
forth good wine : and when men have well drunk, then 
that which is worse : but thou hast kept the good wine 
until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in 
Cana of Galilee : and he manifested his glory, and his 
disciples believed in him. 



Third Sunday after Epiphany. 17 



THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

Epistle. Rom. xii. 16-21. Brethren : Be not 
wise in your own conceits : to no man rendering evil 
for evil : providing good things not only in the sight 
of God, but also in the sight of all men. If it be 
possible, as much as is in you, having peace with all 
men. Not revenging yourselves, my dearly beloved, 
but giving place unto wrath ; for it is written : Rev- 
enge to me : I will repay, saith the Lord. But if thy 
enemy be hungry, give him to eat : if he thirst, give 
him drink : for doing this thou shalt heap coals of fire 
upon his head. Be not overcome by evil, but overcome 
evil by good. 

Gospel. Matt. viii. 1-13. At that time when Jesus 
was come down from the mountain, great multitudes 
followed him : and behold a leper came and adored him, 
saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
And Jesus, stretching forth his hand, touched him saying: 
I will, Be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy 
was cleansed. And Jesus saith to him : See thou tell no 
man : but go show thyself to the priest, and offer the 
gift which Moses commanded for a testimony unto them. 
And wdien he had entered into Capharnaum, there came 
to him a centurion, beseeching him, and saying: Lord, my 
servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievous- 
ly tormented. And Jesus saith to him : I will come 
and heal him. And the centurion, making answer, 
said : Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter 
under my roof : but only say the word, and my servant 
shall be healed. For I also am a man subject to au- 



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thority, having under me soldiers ; and I say to this : 
Go, and he goeth : and to another : Come, and he com- 
eth : and to my servant : Do this, and he doth it. And 
Jesus, hearing this, marveled : and said to them that 
followed him : Amen I say to you, I have not found so 
great faith in Israel. And I say to you that many shall 
come from the east and the west, and shall sit down 
with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom 
of heaven : but the children of the kingdom shall be 
cast out into the exterior darkness : there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said to the cen- 
turion : Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to 
thee. And the servant was healed at the same 
hour. 



FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

Epistle. Rom. xiii. 8-10. Brethren : Owe no man 
anything, but to love one another : for he that loveth 
his neighbor, hath fulfilled the law. For : Thou shalt 
not commit adultery : Thou shalt not kill : Thou shalt 
not steal : Thou shalt not bear false witness : Thou 
shalt not covet : and if there be any other command- 
ment, it is comprised in this word: Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself. The love of our neighbor 
worketh no evil. Love therefore is the fulfilling of the 
law. 

Gospel. Matt. viii. 23-27. At that time when Jesus 
entered into the boat, his disciples followed him : and 
behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the 
boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep. And 



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his disciples came to him, and awaked him, saying: 
Lord, save us, we perish. And Jesus saith to them: Why 
are you fearful, O ye of little faith ? Then rising up he 
commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a 
great calm. But the men wondered, saying : What 
manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey 
him ? 



FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

Epistle. Coloss. iii. 12-17. Brethren: Put ye on 
therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, the 
bowels of mercy, benignity, humility, modesty, patience: 
bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if 
any have a complaint against another : even as the Lord 
hath forgiven you, so do you also. But above all these 
things have charity, which is the bond of perfection : 
and let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, where- 
in also you are called in one body ; and be ye thank- 
ful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly, 
in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another 
in psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing in 
grace in your hearts to God. All whatsoever you do 
in word or in work, all things do ye in the name of the 
Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God and the 
Father through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Gospel. Matt. xiii. 24-30. At that time Jesus 
spoke this parable to the multitude, saying : The 
kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed 
good seed in his field ; but while men were asleep, 
his enemy came and oversowed cockle among the wheat, 



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and went his way. And when the blade was sprung 
up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared also the 
cockle. And the servants of the good man of the house 
coming said to him : Sir, didst thou not sow good seed 
in thy field ? Whence then hath it cockle ? And he 
said to them : An enemy hath done this. And the ser- 
vants said to him : Wilt thou that we go and gather it 
up ? And he said : No, lest while you gather up the 
cockle, you root up the wheat also together with it. 
Let both grow until the harvest, and in the time of the 
harvest I will say to the reapers : Gather up first the 
cockle, and bind it in bundles to burn, but gather the 
wheat into my barn. 

SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. 

Epistle, i Thess. i. 2-10. Brethren : We give 
thanks to God always for you all, making a remem- 
brance of you in our prayers without ceasing, being 
mindful of the work of your faith, and labor, and * 
charity, and of the enduring of the hope of our 
Lord Jesus Christ before God and our Father : 
knowing, brethren, beloved of God, your election : for 
our gospel hath not been to you in word only, but in 
power also, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much fulness, 
as you know what manner of men we have been among 
you for y©ur sakes. And you became followers of us, 
and of the Lord, receiving the word in much tribula- 
tion, with joy of the Holy Ghost : so that you were 
made a pattern to all that believe in Macedonia and in 
Achaia. For from you was spread abroad the word of 
the Lord, not only in Macedonia and in Achaia, but 



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also in every place your faith, which is towards God, is 
gone forth, so that we need not to speak anything. For 
they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering 
in we had unto you : and how you turned to God from 
idols, to serve the living and true God, and to wait for 
his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the 
dead), Jesus, who hath delivered us from the wrath to 
come. 

Gospel. Matt. xiii. 31-35. At that time Jesus 
spoke to the multitude this parable: The kingdom 
of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a 
man took and sowed in his field. Which indeed is 
the least of all seeds : but when it is grown up, it is 
greater than all herbs, and becometh a tree, so that 
the birds of the air come and dwell in the branches 
thereof. Another parable he spoke to them : The 
kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman 
took and hid in three measures of meal, until the 
whole was leavened. All these things Jesus spoke 
in parables to the multitudes, and without parables he 
did not speak to them : that the word might be fulfilled 
which was spoken by the prophet, saying : I will open 
my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from 
the foundation of the world. 

If there be not Fix Sundays between the Epiphany and Sep- 
tuagesima, what remain are omitted, and taken in between the 
twenty-third and the last Sunday after Pentecost. 

SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 



Epistle, i Cor. ix. 24, and x. 1-5, Brethren: 



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Know you not that they that run in the race, all 
run indeed, but one receiveth the prize? So run 
that you may obtain. And every one that striveth 
for the mastery refraineth himself from all things, and 
they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, 
but we an incorruptible one. I therefore so run, not 
as at an uncertainty : I so fight, not as one beating the 
air : but I chastise my body, and bring it into subjec- 
tion : lest, perhaps, when I have preached to others, I 
myself should become a castaway. For I would not 
have you ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all 
under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all 
in Moses were baptized in the cloud, and in the sea : 
and did all eat the same spiritual food : and all drank 
the same spiritual drink : (and they drank of the spirit- 
ual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.) 
But with the most of them God was not well pleased. 

Gospel. Matt. xx. 1-16. At that time Jesus 
spoke to his disciples this parable : The kingdom of 




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heaven is like to a householder who went out early in 
the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And 
having agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, 
he sent them into his vineyard. And going out 
about the third hour, he saw others standing in the 
market-place, idle. And he said to them : Go you 
also into my vineyard, and I will give you what 
shall be just. And they went their way. And again 
he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour : and 
he did in like manner. But about the eleventh hour he 
went out and found others standing, and he saith to 
them : Why stand you here all the day idle ? They say 
to him : Because no man hath hired us. He saith to 
them : Go you also into my vineyard. And when 
evening was come, the lord of the vineyard said to his 
steward : Call the laborers and pay them their hire, be- 
ginning from the last even to the first. When, there- 
fore, they were come that came about the eleventh hour, 
they received every man a penny. But when the first also 
came, they thought that they should have received more : 
and they also received every man a penny. And receiv- 
ing it they murmured against the master of the house, 
saying : These last have worked but one hour, and thou 
hast made them equal to us that have borne the burden 
of the day and the heats. But he answering said to 
one of them : Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst thou 
not agree with me for a penny ? Take what is thine, 
and go thy way. I will also give to this last even as to 
thee. Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is 
thy eye evil, because I am good ? So shall the last be 
first, and the first last : for many are called but few 
chosen. 



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SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

Epistle. 2 Cor. xi. 19-33. xii. 1. Brethren : You 
gladly suffer the foolish, whereas yourselves are wise. 
For you surfer if a man bring you into bondage, 
if a man devour you, if a man take from you, if a 
man be lifted up, if a man strike you on the face. 
I speak according to dishonor, as if we had been 
weak in this part. Wherein, if any man dare ( I speak 
foolishly), I dare also. They are Hebrews : so am I. 
They are Israelites : so am I. They are the seed of 
Abraham, so am I. They are the ministers of Christ 
(I speak as one less wise), I am more: in many more 
labors, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above 
measure, in deaths often. Of the Jews five times did I 
receive forty stripes, save one. Thrice was I beaten 
with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered ship- 
wreck, a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea. 
In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of 
robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from 
the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wil- 
derness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false breth- 
ren: in labor and painful ness, in much watchings, in 
hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and naked- 
ness, besides those things which are without : my daily 
instance, the solicitude for all the churches. Who is 
weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I 
am not on fire ? If I must needs glory, I will glory of the 
things that concern my infirmity. The God and father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ,who is blessed forever, knoweth 
that I lie not. At Damascus, the governor of the nation 
under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damas- 



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cenes, to apprehend me: and through a window in a 
basket was I let down by the wall, and so escaped his 
hands. If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) : 
but I will come to the visions and revelations of the 
Lord. I know a man in Christ above fourteen years 
ago (whether in the body, I know not, or out of the 
body, I know not, God knoweth), such a one rapt even 
to the third heaven. And I know such a man (whether 
in the body or out of the body I cannot tell: God 
knoweth), how he was caught up into paradise: and 
heard secret words, which it is not granted to man to 
utter. For such a one I will glory: but for myself I 
will glory nothing, but in my infirmities. For though 
I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish: 
for I will say the truth: but I forbear lest any man 
should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or 
anything he heareth from me. And lest the greatness 
of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me 
a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. 
For which thing I thrice besought the Lord that it 
might depart from me: and he said to me: My grace 
is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in infirm- 
ity. Gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, 
that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 

Gospel. Luke viii. 4-16. At that time, when a 
very great multitude was gathered together, and hast- 
ened out of the cities to Jesus, he spoke by a simili- 
tude. The sower went out to sow his seed: and as 
he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and it was 
trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured 



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it. And other some fell upon a rock ; and as soon 
as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it had 
no moisture. And other some fell among thorns, and 
thorns growing up with it choked it. And other some 
fell upon good ground, and sprung up, and yielded fruit 
a hundredfold. Saying these things he cried out: He 
that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples 
asked him what this parable might be. To whom he 
said: To you it is given to know the mystery of the 
kingdom of God: but to the rest in parables: that see- 
ing they may not see, and hearing they may not under- 
stand. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word 
of God. And they by the wayside are they that hear: 
then the devil cometh, and taketh the word out of their 
heart, lest believing they should be saved. Now they 
upon the rock are they who, when they hear, receive 
the word with joy: and these have no roots, for they 
believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. 
And that which fell among thorns, are they who have 
heard, and going their way, are choked with the cares and 
the riches and pleasures of this life, and yield no fruit. 
But that on the good ground are they who, in a good 
and perfect heart, hearing the word, keep it, and bring 
forth fruit in patience. 

QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

Epistle, i Cor. xiii. 1-13. Brethren: If I speak 
with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not 
charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling 
cymbal. And if I should have prophecy, and should 



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know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I should 
have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and 
have not charity, I am nothing. And if I should distrib- 
ute all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should de- 
liver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it 
profiteth me nothing. Charity is patient, is kind : 
Charity envieth not, dealeth not perversely : is not puff- 
ed up, is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not pro- 
voked to anger, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth. not in in- 
iquity, but rejoiceth with the truth : beareth all things, 
believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all 
things. Charity never falleth away: whether prophe- 
cies shall be made void, or tongues shall cease, or | 
knowledge shall be destroyed. For we know in part, I 
and prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect 
is come, that which is in part shall be done away. When 
I was a child I spoke as a child, I understood as a 
child, I thought as a child. But when I became a man, 
I put away the things of a child. We now see through 
a glass in a dark manner ; but then face to face. Now 
I know in part : but then I shall know even as I am 
known. And now there remain Faith, Hope, Charity, 
these three : but the greatest of these is charity. 

Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 31-43. At that time Jesus 
took unto him the twelve, and said to them : Behold Ave 
go up to Jerusalem, and all things shall be accomplish- 
ed which were written by the prophets concerning the 
Son of Man. For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, 
and shall be mocked, and scourged, and spit upon : and 
after they have scourged him, they will put him to 



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death, and the third day he shall rise again. And they 
understood none of these things. And this word was 
hid from them, and they understood not the things that 
were said. Now it came to pass, when he drew 
nigh to Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the 
way-side, begging. And when he heard the multitude 
passing by, he asked what this meant. And they told 
him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. And he 
cried out : Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 
And they that went before rebuked him, that he should 

1 hold his peace. But he cried out much more : Son of 
David, have mercy on me. And Jesus, standing, com- 
manded him to be brought unto him. And when he 
was come near, he asked him, saying : "What wilt thou 
that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that I may see. 
And Jesus said to him : Receive thy sight : thy faith 
hath made thee whole. And immediately he saw, and 
followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, 

I when they saw it, gave praise to God. 




ASH-WEDNESDAY. 



Lesson. Joel ii. 12-19. Thus saith the Lord: Be 
converted to me with all your heart, in fasting, in weep- 
ing, and in mourning. And rend your hearts, and not 



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your garments, and turn to the Lord your God: for he 
is gracious and merciful, patient, and rich in mercy, and 
ready to repent of the evil. Who knoweth but he will 
return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, 
sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God ? Blow the 
trumpet in Sion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, 
gather together the people, sanctify the Church, assem- 
ble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and 
them that suck at the breasts : let the bridegroom go 
forth from his bed, and the bride out of the bridecham- 
ber. Between the porch and the altar, the priests, the 
Lord's ministers, shall weep, and say : Spare, O Lord, 
spare thy people : and give not thine inheritance to re- 
proach, that the heathens should rule over them. Why 
should they say among the nations : Where is their 
God? The Lord hath been zealous for his land, and has 
spared his people. And the Lord answered and said 
to his people : Behold I will send you corn, and wine, 
and oil, you shall be filled with them, and I will no 
more make you a reproach among the nations, saith the 
Lord Almighty. 

Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 16-21. At that time Jesus said 
to his disciples : When you fast, be not as the hypo- 
crites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they 
may appear to men to fast. Amen, I say to you, they 
have received their reward. But thou, when thou fast- 
est, anoint thy head and wash thy face, that thou ap- 
pear not to men to fast, but to thy Father, who is in 
secret : and thy Father, who seeth in secret, will repay 
thee. Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth, 



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where the rust and moth consume, and where thieves 
break through and steal. But lay up to yourselves treas- 
ures in heaven, where neither the rust nor moth doth 
consume, and where thieves do not break through nor 
steal. For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart 
also. 

FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. 1-10. Brethren: We exhort 
you, that you receive not the grace of God in vain. 
For he saith : In an accepted time have I heard thee, 
and in the day of salvation have I helped thee. Be- 
hold now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day 
of salvation. Giving no offence to any man, that our 
ministry be not blamed : but in all things let us exhibit 
ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in 
tribulation, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in 
prisons, in seditions, in labors, in watchings, in fast- 
ings, in chastity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in 
sweetness, in the Holy Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in 
the word of truth, in the power of God : by the armor 
of justice on the right hand and on the left, by honor, 
and dishonor, by evil report, and good report : as de- 
ceivers, and yet true : as unknown, and yet known: as 
dying, and behold we live: as chastised, and not killed: 
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as needy, yet enrich- 
ing many: as having nothing, and possessing all 
things. 

Gospel. St. Matt. iv. 1-11. At that time Jesus was 
led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the 



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devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty 
nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter 
coming, said to him : If thou be the Son of God, com- 
mand that these stones be made bread. Who answered 
and said: It is written: Not in bread alone doth man 
live, but by every word that proceedeth out of the 
mouth of God. Then the devil took him into the 
holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, 
and said to him : If thou be the Son of God, cast thy- 
self down: for it is written: That He hath given his 
angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they 
bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a 
stone. Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou 
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil 
took him up into a very high mountain : and showed 
him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of 
them, and said to him : All these will I give thee, if 
falling down, thou wilt adore me. Then Jesus said to 
him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The Lord thy 
God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve. 
Then the devil left him : and behold angels came and 
ministered to him. 

SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Epistle, i Thess. iv. 1-7. Brethren : We pray and 
beseech you in the Lord Jesus that as you have re- 
ceived of us, how you ought to walk, and to please 
God, so also you would walk, that you may abound 
the more. For you know what precepts I have given 
to you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, 
your sanctification : that you should abstain from forni- 



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cation, that every one of you should know how to pos- 
sess his vessel in sanctification and honor: not in the 
passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God : 
and that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother 
in business : because the Lord is the avenger of all 
these things, as we have told you before, and have tes- 
tified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, 
but unto sanctification. 

Gospel. St. Matt. xvii. 1-9. At that time Jesus tak- 
eth unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, 
and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart : and 
he was transfigured before them. And his face did 
shine as the sun, and his garments became white as 
snow. And, behold, there appeared to them Moses 
and Elias talking with him. And Peter answering, said 
to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou 
wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, 
and one for Moses, and one for Elias. And as he was 
yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshaded them. 
And lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying : This is my 
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased ; hear ye him. 
And the disciples hearing, fell upon their face, and 
were very much afraid. And Jesus came and touched 
them, and said unto them : Arise, and fear not. And 
they, lifting up their eyes, saw no one, but only Jesus. 
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus 
charged them, saying : Tell the vision to no man, till 
the Son of Man be risen from the dead. 

THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Epistle. Ephes. v. 1-9. Brethren: Be ye there- 



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fore followers of God, as most dear children : and walk 
in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath delivered 
himself for us, an oblation and a sacrifice to God, for 
an odor of sweetness. But fornication, and all un- 
cleanness, or covetousness, let it not so much as be 
named among you, as becometh saints : or obscenity, 
or foolish talking, or scurrility, which is to no purpose: 
but rather giving of thanks. For know ye this, and 
understand that no fornicator, or unclean, or covetous 
person (which is a serving of idols) hath inheritance in 
the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man de- 
ceive you with vain words : for because of these things 
cometh the anger of God upon the children of unbelief. 
Be ye not therefore, partakers with them. For you were 
heretofore darkness, but now light in the Lord. Walk 
then as children of the light : for the fruit of the light 
is in all goodness, and justice, and truth. 

Gospel. St. Luke xi. 14-28. At that time Jesus 
was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb. And 
when he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke : and 
the multitudes were in admiration at it. But some of 
them said : He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the prince 
of devils. And others, tempting, asked of him a sign 
from Heaven. But he, seeing their thoughts, said to 
them : Every kingdom divided against itself shall be 
brought to desolation, and house upon house shall fall. 
And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall 
his kingdom stand ? because you say that through Beel- 
zebub I cast out devils. Now, if I cast out devils 
by Beelzebub, by whom do your children cast 
them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 



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But if I, by the finger of God, cast out devils : doubt- 
less the kingdom of God is come upon you. When 
a strong man armed keepeth his court : those things 
are in peace which he possesseth. But if a stronger 
than he came upon him, and overcome him : he 
will take away all his armor wherein he trusted, 
and will distribute his spoils. He that is not with me 
is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scat- 
tereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, 
he walketh through places without water, seeking rest : 
and not finding, he saith : I will return unto my house, 
whence I came out. And when he is come, he findeth 
it swept and garnished. Then he goeth and taketh 
with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, 
and entering in they dwell there. And the last state 
of the man becomes worse than the first. And it came 
to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from 
the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him : Blessed is 
"the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee 
suck. But he said : Yea rather, blessed are they who 
hear the word of God, and keep it. 

FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 

Epistle. Gal. iv. 22-31. Brethren: It is written : 
that Abraham had two sons : the one by a bond woman, 
and the other by a free woman. But he who was of 
the bond woman was born according to the flesh : but 
he of the free woman was by promise : Which things 
are said by an allegory. For these are the two testa- 
ments. The one from Mount Sina, engendering unto 
bondage : which is Agar ; for Sina is a mountain in 



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Arabia, which hath affinity to that Jerusalem which 
now is, and is in bondage with her children. But that 
Jerusalem, which is above, is free, which is our mother. 
For it is written : Rejoice, thou barren, that bearest 
not : break forth and cry, thou that travailest not : for 
many are the children of the desolate, more than of her 
that hath a husband. Now w T e, brethren, as Isaac was, 
are the children of promise. But as then, he that was 
born according to the flesh, persecuted him that was 
after the spirit, so also it is now. But what saith the 
Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son : for 
the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the 
son of the free woman. So then, brethren, we are not 
the children of the bondwoman, but of the free : by the 
freedom wherewith Christ has made us free. 

Gospel. St. John vi. 1-15. At that time, Jesus 
went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias: 
and a great multitude followed him, because they saw 
the miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 
Jesus therefore went up into a mountain, and there he 
sat with his disciples. Now the pasch, the festival day 
of the Jews, was near at hand. When Jesus therefore 
had lifted up his eyes, and seen that a very great multi- 
tude cometh to him, he said to Philip : Whence shall 
we buy bread that these may eat ? And this he said to 
try him : for he himself knew what he would do. Philip 
answered him : Two hundred pennyworth of bread is 
not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little. 
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon 
Peter, saith to him . There is a boy here that hath five 
barley loaves and tw T o fishes : but what are these among 



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so many ? Then Jesus said : Make the men sit down. 
Now there was much grass in the place. The men 
therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. 
And Jesus took the loaves : and when he had given 
thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In 
like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would. 
And when they were filled, he said to his disciples : 
Gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost. 
They gathered up therefore, and filled twelve baskets 
with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which re- 
mained over and above to them that had eaten. Now 
those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus 
had done, said : This is of a truth the prophet that is 
to come into the world. Jesus therefore, when he knew 
that they would come to take him by force and make 
him king, fled again into the mountain himself alone. 

PASSION SUNDAY. 

Epistle. Heb. ix. 11-15. Brethren : Christ being 
come, an high priest of the good things to come, by a 
greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with 
hands, that is, not of this creation: neither by the blood 
of goats nor of calves, but by his own blood, entered 
once into the Holies, having obtained eternal redemp- 
tion. For if the blood of goats, and of oxen, and the 
ashes of an heifer being sprinkled, sanctify such as are 
defiled, to the cleansing of the flesh : how much more 
shall the blood of Christ, who by the Holy Ghost of- 
fered himself unspotted unto God, cleanse our con- 
science from dead works to serve the living God? And 
therefore he is the mediator of the New Testament : 



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that by means of his death, for the redemption of those 
transgressions which were under the former testament, 
they that are called may receive the promise of eternal 
inheritance. 

Gospel. St. John vii. 46-59. At that time, Jesus 
said to the multitude of the Jews : Which of you shall 
convince me of sin ? If I say the truth to you, why do 
you not believe me ? He that is of God, heareth the 
words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because 
you are not of God. The Jews therefore answered and 
said to him : Do not we say well that thou art a Samar- 
itan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered: I have not a 
devil : but I honor my Father, and you have dishonored 
me. But I seek not my own glory ; there is one that 
seeketh and judgeth. Amen, amen, I say to you: If 
any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. 
The Jews therefore said : Now we know that thou hast 
a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets : and thou 
sayest : If any man keep my word, he shall not taste 
death for ever. Art thou greater than our father Abra- 
ham, who is dead ? And the prophets are dead. Whom 
dost thou make thyself? Jesus answered : If I glorify 
myself my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glori- 
fieth me, of whom you say that he is your God : and 
you have not known him, but I know him. And if I 
should say that I know him not, I should be like to 
you, a liar. But I do know him, and do keep his word. 
Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: 
he saw it, and was glad. The Jews then said to him : 
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abra- 
ham ? Jesus said to them : Amen, amen, I say to you, 



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before Abraham was made, I am. They took up stories, 
therefore, to cast at him : but Jesus hid himself and 
went out of the temple. 

• PALM SUNDAY. 




Epistle. Philip, ii. 2-1 1. Brethren: Let this mind 
be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus : who being 
in the form of God, thought it not robber}' to be equal 
with God, but emptied himself, taking the form of a 
servant, being made in the likeness of men, and in 
habit found as a man. He humbled himself, becoming 
obedient unto death : even to the death of the cross. 
For which cause God also hath exalted him, and hath 
given him a name which is above all names : that in the 
name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those that are in 
heaven, on earth, and under the earth. And that^every 
tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in 
the glory of the Father. 

Gospel. The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ, ac- 
cording to St. Matt. xxvi. and xxvii. At that time 
Jesus said to his disciples : You know, that after two 
days shall be the pasch, and the Son of man shall be 



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delivered up to be crucified. Then were gathered to- 
gether the chief priests and ancients of the people into 
the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas : 
and they consulted together, that by subtilty they might 
apprehend Jesus, and put him to death. But they said: 
Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should be a 
tumult amongst the people. And when Jesus was in 
Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper, there came 
to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious 
ointment, and poured it on his head as he was at table. 
And the disciples seeing it, had indignation, saying: 
To what purpose is this waste ? For this might have 
been sold for much, and given to the poor. And Jesus 
knowing it, said to them : Why do you trouble this 
woman ? for she has wrought a good work upon me: for 
the poor you have always with you, but me you have 
not always. For she, in pouring this ointment upon my 
body, hath done it for my burial. Amen, I say to you, 
wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole 
world, that also which she hath done, shall be told for 
a memory of her. Then went one of the twelve, who 
was called Judas Iscariot, to the chief priests: and said 
to them : What will you give me, and I will deliver him 
unto you ? But they appointed him thirty pieces of 
silver. And from thenceforth he sought an opportunity 
to betray him. And on the first day of the Azymes, 
the disciples came to Jesus, saying: "Where wilt thou 
that we prepare for thee to eat the pasch ? But Jesus 
said : Go ye into the city, to a certain man, and say to 
him, The Master saith, My time is near at hand. With 
thee I make the pasch, with my disciples. And the 
disciples did as Jesus appointed to them, and they pre- 



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pared the pasch. Now when it was evening, he sat 
down with his twelve disciples. And whilst they were 
: eating, he said: Amen, I say to you, that one of you is 
; about to betray me. And they being very much troub- 
led, began every one to say : Is it I, Lord? But he an- 
swering, said : He that dippeth his hand with me in the 
dish, he shall betray me. The Son of man indeed goeth, 
as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom 
the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for 
him if that man had not been born. And Judas, that 
betrayed him, answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He 
saith to him : Thou hast said it. And whilst they were 
at supper, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke, 
and gave to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and eat ; 
This is my body. And taking the chalice, he gave 
) thanks, and gave to them, saying: Drink ye all of this. 

For this is my blood of the New Testament, which 
! shall be shed for many for the remission of sins. And 
I say to you: I will not drink from henceforth of this 
fruit of the vine, until that day when I shall drink it 
new with you in the kingdom of my Father. And a 
hymn being said, they went out into Mount Olivet. 
Then Jesus said to them: All you shall be scandalized 
in me this night. For it is written: I will strike the 
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be dispersed. 
But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you 
into Galilee. And Peter answering, said to him: Al- 
though all shall be scandalized in thee, I will never be 
scandalized. Jesus said to him: Amen, I say to thee, 
that in this night, before the cock crow, thou wilt deny 
me thrice. Peter saith to him: Yea, though I should 
1 die with thee, I will not deny thee. And in like man- 



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ner said all the disciples. Then Jesus came with them 
into a country place, which is called Gethsemani, and 
he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder, 
and pray. And taking with him Peter and the two sons 
of Zebedee, he began to grow sorrowful, and to be sad. 
Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful, even unto 
death ; stay here and watch with me. And going a 
little further he fell upon his face, praying, and saying; 
My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from 
me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. And 
he cometh to his disciples and nndeth them asleep, 
and he said to Peter: What ! could you not watch one 
hour with me? "Watch ye and pray that ye enter not 
into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the 
flesh is weak. Again the second time he went and pray- 
ed, saying: My Father, if this chalice may not pass 
away, but I must drink it, thy will be done. And he 
cometh again, and findeth them sleeping ; for their eyes 
were heavy, And leaving them he went again ; and he 
prayed the third time, saying the self-same word. Then 
he cometh to his disciples, and saith to them: Sleep ye 
now, and take your rest: behold the hour is at hand, 
and the Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of 
sinners. Rise, let us go: behold he is at hand that will 
betray me. As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the 
twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with 
swords and clubs, sent from the chief-priests and 
the ancients of the people. And he that betrayed him, 
gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I shall kiss, that 
is he, hold him fast. And forthwith coming to Jesus, 
he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he kissed him. And Jesus 
said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then 



42 Epistles and Gospels. 

they came up, and laid hands on Jesus, and held him. 
And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretch- 
ing forth his hand, drew out his sword ; and striking 




the servant of the high-priest, cut off his ear. Then 

Jesus said to him: Put up again thy sword into its place ; 
for all that take the sword, shall perish with the sword. 
Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he 
will give me presently more than twelve legions of an- 
gels ? How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled, that 
so it must be done ? In that same hour Jesus said to 
the multitudes : You are come out as it were to a rob- 
ber, with swords and clubs, to apprehend me. I sat 
daily with you teaching in the temple, and you laid 
not hands on me. Now all this was done, that the 
Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then 
the disciples all leaving him, fled. But they holding 
Jesus, led him to Caiphas the high-priest, where the 
scribes and the ancients were assembled. And Peter 



Palm Sunday. 43 

followed him afar off, even to the court of the high- 
priest. And going in, he sat with the servants, that he 
might see the end. And the chief priests and the whole 
council sought false witness against Jesus, that they 
might put him to death: and they found not, whereas 
many false witnesses had come in. And last of all 
there came two false witnesses : and they said: This 
man said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and 
after three days to rebuild it. And the high-priest ris- 
ing up, said to him: Answerest thou nothing to the 
things which these witness against thee ? But Jesus 
held his peace. And the high-priest said to him: I ad- 
jure thee, by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be 
the Christ the Son of God. Jesus saith to him: Thou 
hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter you 
shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of 
the power of God, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 
Then the high-priest rent his garments, saying: He 
hath blasphemed, what further need have we of wit- 
nesses ? Behold, now you have heard the blasphemy : 
what think you? But they answering, said: He is 
guilty of death. Then did they spit in his face, and 
buffet him, and others struck his face with the palms of 
their hands, saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who 
is he that struck thee ? But Peter sat without in the 
court ; and there came to him a servant maid, saying: 
Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean. But he denied 
before them all, saying: I know not what thou sayest. 
And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him, 
and she saith to them that were there: This man also 
was with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with 
an oath: That I know not the man. And after a little 



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while they came that stood by, and said to Peter: Surely 
thou also art one of them I for even thy speech doth 
discover thee. Then he began to curse and swear that 
he knew not the man. And immediately the cock 
crew. And Peter remembered the words of Jesus which 
he had said: Before the cock crow thou wilt deny me 
thrice. And going forth, he wept bitterly. And when 
morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of 
the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might 
put him to death. And they brought him bound, and 
delivered him to Pontius Pilate the Governor. Then 
Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemn- 
ed, repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces 
of silver to the chief priests and ancients, saying: I 
have sinned, in betraying innocent blood. But they 
said: What is that to us? Look thou to it. And cast- 
ing down the pieces of silver in the temple, he depart- 
ed, and went and hanged himself with an halter. But 
the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: 
It is not lawful to put them into the corbona: because 
it is the price of blood. And after they had consulted 
together, they bought with them the potter's field, to be 
a burying-place for strangers. For this cause, that field 
was called Haceldama, that is, the Field of blood 
even to this day. Then was fulfilled that which was 
spoken by Jeremias the prophet, saying: And they 
took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that 
was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel: 
and they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord 
appointed to me. And Jesus stood before the gover- 
nor, and the governor asked him, saying: Art thou the 
king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest it. 



Palm Sunday. 



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And when he was accused by the chief priests and 
ancients, he answered nothing. Then Pilate saith to 
him: Dost thou not hear how great testimonies they 
allege against thee ? And he answered him to never a 



word: so that the governor wondered exceedingly. Now 
upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to 
release to the people one prisoner, whom they would. 
And he had then a notorious prisoner, that was called 
Barabbas. They therefore being gathered together, 
Pilate said: Whom will you that I release to you? 
Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ ? For he knew 
that for envy they had delivered him. And as he was 
sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to him, 
saying : Have thou nothing to do with that just man. 
For I have suffered many things in a dream because of 
him. But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the 
people that they should ask Barabbas, and make Jesus 
away. And the governor answering, said to them : 
Whether will you of the two to be released unto you ? 
But they said : Barabbas. Pilate saith to them: What 




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shall I do then with Jesus that is called Christ ? They 
say all: Let him be crucified. The governor said to 
them : Why, what evil hath he done ? But they cried 
out the more, saying: Let him be crucified. And Pilate 
seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a 
tumult was made: taking water, he washed his hands 
before the people, saying : I am innocent of the blood 
of this just man ; look you to it. And the whole people 
answering, said: His blood be upon us, and upon our 
children. Then he released to them Barabbas ; and 
having scourged Jesus, delivered him unto them to be 
crucified. Then the soldiers of the governor taking 
Jesus into the hall, gathered together unto him the 




whole band: and stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak 
about him. And platting a crown of thorns, they put 
it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand. And 
bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: 
Hail, king of the Jews. And spitting upon him, they 
took the reed, and struck his head. And after they had 
mocked him, they took off the cloak from him, and put 
on his own garments, and led him away to crucify him. 



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And going out, they met a man of Cyrene named Simon: 
him they forced to take up the cross. And they came 
to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the place 
of Calvary. And they gave him wine to drink mingled 
with gall. And when he had tasted he would not drink. 
And after they had crucified him, they divided his gar- 
ments, casting lots ; that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, saying : They divided my gar- 
ments among them ; and upon my vesture they cast lots. 
And they sat and watched him. And they put over his 
head his cause written : This is Jesus the King of 
the Jews. Then were crucified with him two thieves, 
one on the right hand, and one on the left. And they 
that passed by, blasphemed him, wagging their heads, 
and saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of 
God, and in three days dost rebuild it: save thy own 
self: if thou be the Son of God, come down from the 
cross. In like manner also the chief priests, with the 
scribes and ancients, mocking, said : He saved others ; 
himself he cannot save: if he be the king of Israel, let 
him now come down from the cross, and we will believe 
him. He trusted in God : let him now deliver him, if 
he will have him : for he said : I am the Son of God. 
And the self-same thing the thieves also that were cru- 
cified with him, reproached him with. Now from the 
sixth hour there was darkness over the whole earth 
until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabac- 
thani ? that is : My God, my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me? And some that stood there and heard, said: 
This man calleth Elias. And immediately one of them 
running, took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and 



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Epistles and Gospels. 



put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. And the others 
said : Let be, let us see whether Elias will come and 
deliver him. And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, 
yielded up the ghost. (Here all kneel and pause.) 
And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two 
from the top even to the bottom, and the earth 
quaked, and the rocks were rent, and the graves were 
opened: and many bodies of the saints that had 
slept arose ; and coming out of the tombs after his res- 



urrection, came into the holy city and appeared to 
many. Now the centurion and they that were with him 
watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake and the 
things that were done, were sore afraid, saying : Indeed 
this was the Son of God. And there were there many 
women afar off who had followed Jesus from Galilee, 
ministering unto him : among whom was Mary Magda- 
len, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and 
the mother of the sons of Zebedee. And when it was 
evening, there came a certain rich man of Arimathea, 
named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus: 
He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then 




Easter Sunday. 49 

Pilate commanded that the body should be delivered. 
And Joseph taking the body, wrapped it up in a clean 
linen cloth, and laid it in his own new monument, which 
he had hewn out in a rock. And he rolled a great 
stone to the door of the monument, and went his way. 
And there was there Mary Magdalen, and the other 
Mary sitting over against the sepulchre. And the next 
day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief 
priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate, say- 
ing: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, 
while he was yet alive : After three days I will rise 
again. Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded 
until the third day ; lest perhaps his disciples come and 
steal him away, and say to the people : He is risen from 
the dead: and the last error shall be worse than the 
first. Pilate said to them: You have a guard ; go, 
guard it as you know. And they departing, made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting guards. 

EASTER SUNDAY. 

Epistle, i Cor. v. 7-8. Brethren : Purge out the 
old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are un- 
leavened. For Christ our pasch, is sacrificed. There- 
fore, let us feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the 
leaven of malice and wickedness : but with the unleav- 
ened bread of sincerity and truth. 

Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 1-7. At that time: Mary 
Magdalen, and Mary the mother of James and Salome, 
bought sweet spices, that coming they might anoint 
Jesus. And very early in the morning the first day of 
the week, they came to the sepulchre, the sun being 



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now risen. And they said one to another : Who shall 
roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre ? 
And looking, they saw the stone rolled back. For it 
was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they 
saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed with 
a white robe : and they were astonished. Who saith to 
them : Be not affrighted : you seek Jesus of Nazareth, 
who was crucified : he is risen ; he is not here, behold 
the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disci- 
ples and Peter, that he goeth before you into Galilee : 
there you shall see him, as he told you. 

QUASIMODO, OR LOW SUNDAY. 

Epistle, i St. John v. 4-9. Dearly beloved : Whatso- 
ever is born of God, overcometh the world : and this is 
the victory which overcometh the world, our faith. Who 
is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? This is he that came by 
water and blood, Jesus Christ : not by water only, but 
by water and blood. And it is the Spirit which testifi- 
eth, that Christ is the truth. And there are three who 
give testimony in Heaven : the Father, the Word, and 
the Holy Ghost. And these three are one. And there 
are three that give testimony on earth : the spirit, and 
the water, and the blood : and these three are one. If 
we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God 
is greater : for this is the testimony of God which is 
greater, because he hath testified of his Son. He that 
believeth in the Son of God, hath the testimony of God 
in himself. 

Gospel. St. John xx. 19-31. At that time : when 



Quasimodo } or Low Sunday. 5i 



it was late that same day, the first of the week, and the 
doors were shut where the disciples were gathered to- 
gether, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in 
the midst, and said to them : Peace be to you. And 
when he had said this, he showed them his hands and 
his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they 
saw the Lord. He said therefore to them again: Peace 
be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. 
"When he had said this he breathed on them : and he 
said to them : Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whose 
sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them : and whose 
sins you shall retain, they are retained. Now, Thomas, 
one of the twelve, who is called Didymus, was not with 
them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore 
said to him : we have seen the Lord. But he said to 
them : Except I shall see in his hands the print of the 
nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and 
put my hand into his side, I will not believe. And af- 
ter eight days, again his disciples were within : and 
Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, 
and stood in the midst and said : Peace be to you. 
Then he said to Thomas : Put in thy finger hither, and 
see my hands, and bring hither thy hand, and put it 
into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. 
Thomas answered and said to him : My Lord and my 
God ! Jesus saith to him : Because thou hast seen me, 
Thomas, thou hast believed ; blessed are they that have 
not seen and have believed. Many other signs also did 
Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not written 
in this book. But these are written that you may be- 
lieve that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God : and that 
believing you may have life in his name. 



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SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

Epistle, i St. Peter ii. 21-25. Dearly beloved: 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example 
that you should follow his steps. Who did no sin, 
neither was guile found in his mouth. Who when he 
was reviled, did not revile : when he suffered, he threat- 
ened not : but delivered himself to him that judged him 
unjustly: who his own self bore our sins in his body 
upon the tree : that we being dead to sins, should 
live to justice : by whose stripes you were healed. For 
you were as sheep going astray, but you are now con- 
verted to the shepherd aud bishop of your souls. 

Gospel. St. John x. 11-16. At that time : Jesus 
said to the Pharisees : I am the good shepherd. The 
good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep. But the 
hireling, and he that is not the shepherd, whose own 
the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth 
the sheep, and flieth, and the wolf catcheth, and scat- 
tereth the sheep : and the hireling flieth, because he is 
a hireling: and he hath no care for the sheep. I am 
the good shepherd : and I know mine and mine know 
me. As the Father knoweth me, and I know the 
Father : and I lay down my life for my sheep. And 
other sheep I have, that are not of this fold : them also 
I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there 
shall be one fold, and one shepherd. 

THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 
Epistle, i St. Peter ii. 11-19. Dearly beloved: I 



Third Sunday after Easter. 53 



beseech you as strangers and pilgrims to refrain your- 
selves from carnal desires, which war against the soul, 
having your conversation good among the Gentiles : 
that whereas they speak against you as evil doers, they 
may, by the good works which they shall behold in you, 
glorify God in the day of visitation. Be ye subject 
therefore to every human creature for God's sake: 
whether it be to the king as excelling : or to governors 
as sent, by him for the punishment of evil doers, and 
for the praise of the good : for so is the will of God, that 
by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of 
foolish men : as free, and not as making liberty a cloak 
of malice, but as the servants of God. Honor all 
men: love the brotherhood : fear God : honor the king. 
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not 
only to the good and gentle, but also the froward. For 
this is thankworthy in Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Gospel. St. John xvi. 16-22. At that time : Jesus 
said to his disciples : A little while, and now you shall 
not see me : and again a little while, and you shall see 
me : because I go to the Father. Then some of his 
disciples said one to another : What is it that he saith 
to us : A little while, and you shall not see me : and 
again a little while, and you shall see me, and because 
I go to the Father? They said therefore : What is this 
he saith, A little while ? We know not what he speak - 
eth. And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him, 
and he said to them : Of this do you inquire among 
yourselves, because I said : A little while, and you shall 
not see me: and again a little while and you shall see 
me. Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall lament 



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and weep, but the world shall rejoice : and you shall be 
made sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into 
joy. A woman when she is in labor, hath sorrow, be- 
cause her hour is come ; but when she hath brought 
forth the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, 
for joy that a man is born into the world. So also you 
now indeed have sorrow, but I will see you again, and 
your heart shall rejoice : and your joy no man shall 
take from you. 

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 

Epistle. St. James i. 17-21. Dearly beloved : 
Every best gift, and every perfect gift, is from above 
coming down from the Father of lights, with whom 
there is no change or shadow of alteration. For of his 
own will hath he begotten us by the word of truth 
that we might be some beginning of his creatures. You 
know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be 
swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger. 
For the anger of man worketh not the justice of God. 
Wherefore casting away all uncleanness, and abundance 
of naughtiness, with meekness receive the ingrafted 
word, which is able to save your souls. 

Gospel. St. John xvi. 5-15. At that time Jesus 
said to his disciples : I go to him that sent me : and none 
of you asketh me: Whither goest thou? But because I 
have spoken these things to you, sorrow hath filled your 
heart. But I tell you the truth : It is expedient to you that 
I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you: 
but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he is come, 
he will convince the world of sin, and of justice, and of 



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judgment. Of sin : because they believed not in me. And 
of justice : because I go to the Father : and you shall 
see me nc longer : and of judgment: because the prince 
of this world is already judged. I have yet many things 
to say to you : but you cannot bear them now. But 
when he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will teach you 
all truth : for he shall not speak of himself : but what 
things soever he shall hear, he shall speak : and the 
things that are to come he shall show you. He shall 
glorify me : because he shall receive of mine, and shall 
show it to you. 

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 
Epistle. St. James i. 22-27. Dearly beloved : Be 
ye doers of the word, and not hearers only: deceiving 
your own selves. But if a man be a hearer of the word 
and not a doer, he shall be compared to a man behold- 
ing his own countenance in a glass : for he beheld him- 
self and went his way, and presently forgot what man- 
ner of man he was. But he that hath looked into the 
perfect law of liberty, and hath continued therein, not 
becoming a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work: 
this man shall be blessed in his deed. And if any man 
think himself religious, not bridling his tongue, but de- 
ceiving his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Relig- 
ion clean and undefiled before God and the Father is this : 
to visit the fatherless and the widows in their tribula- 
tion : and to keep one's self unspotted from the world. 

Gospel. John xvi. 23-30. At that time : Jesus said 
to his disciples: Amen, amen, I say to you ; if you ask 
the Father any thing in my name he will give it to you. 
Hitherto you have not asked any thing in my name. 



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Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. 
These things I have spoken to you in proverbs. The 
hour cometh when I no more will speak to you in pro- 
verbs, but will show you plainly of the Father. In 
that day you shall ask in my name : and I say not to 
you, that I will ask the Father for you : for the Father 
himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and 
have believed that I came out from God. I came forth 
from the Father, and am come into the world : again I 
leave the world, and go to the Father. His disciples 
say to him : Behold now thou speakest plainly, and 
speakest no proverb. Now we know that thou knowest 
all things and thou needest not that any man should 
ask thee. By this we believe that thou earnest forth 
from God. 




ASCENSION DAY. 

Lesson. Acts i. i-n. The former treatise I made, 
O Theophilus of all things, which Jesus began to do 



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and to teach, until the day on which giving command- 
ments by the Holy Ghost to the apostles whom he had 
chosen, he was taken up : to whom also he showed 
himself alive after his passion, by many proofs, for forty 
days appearing to them, and speaking of the kingdom 
of God. And eating together with them, he command- 
ed them, that they should not depart from Jerusalem, 
but should wait for the promise of the Father, which 
you have heard (saith he) by my mouth : for John 
indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized 
with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. They, 
therefore, who were come together, asked him, saying : 
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom 
of Israel? But he said to them : It is not for you to 
know the times or moments, which the Father hath put 
in his own power : but you shall receive the power of 
the Holy Ghost coming upon you, and you shall be 
witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and 
Samaria, and even to the uttermost part of the earth. 
And when he had said these things, while they looked 
on, he was raised up : and a cloud received him out of 
their sight. And while they were beholding him going 
up to heaven, behold two men stood by them, in white 
garments, who also said : Ye men of Galilee, why stand 
you looking up to Heaven ? This Jesus, who is taken up 
from you into Heaven, shall so come as you have seen 
him going into Heaven. 

Gospel. St. Mark xvi. 14-20. At that time Jesus ap- 
peared to the eleven disciples as they were at table : and 
I he upbraided them with their incredulity and hardness of 
heart ; because they did not believe them who had seen 



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him after he was risen again. And he said to them : Go 
ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every 
creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be 
saved : but he that believeth not, shall be condemned. 
And these signs shall follow them that believe : In my 
name they shall cast out devils : they shall speak with 
new tongues : they shall take up serpents : and if they 
shall drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them : 
they shall lay hands upon the sick, and they shall re- 
cover. And our Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to 
them, was taken up to Heaven, and sitteth on the right 
hand of God. But they going forth, preached every 
where, the Lord working withal, and confirming the 
word with signs that followed. 

SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF THE 
ASCENSION. 
Epistle, i St. Peter iv. 7-1 1. Most dearly be- 
loved : Be prudent and watch in prayers. But before 
all things have a constant mutual charity among your- 
selves ; for charity covereth a multitude of sins. Using 
hospitality one toward another without murmuring : as 
every man hath received grace, ministering the same 
one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace 
of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the words 
of God : if any man minister, let him do it as of the 
; power, which God administereth : that in all things God 
may be honored through Jesus Christ : to whom is glory 
and empire for ever and ever. Amen. 

Gospel. St. John, xv. 26. xvi. 1-4. At that time 
Jesus said to his disciples : When the Paraclete cometh. 



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whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of 
truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give 
testimony of me ; and you shall give testimony, because 
you are with me from the beginning. These things 
have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. 
They will put you out of the synagogues : yea the hour 
cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think he doth 
a service to God : and these things will they do to you, 
because they have not known the Father, nor me. But 
these things I have told you : that when the hour 
shall come, you may remember that I told you of 
them. 




WHIT SUNDAY. 

Lesson. Acts ii. i-ii. When the days of Pente- 
cost were accomplished, they were altogether in one 
place : and suddenly there came a sound from Heaven, 
as of a mighty wind coming, and it filled the whole 
house where they were sitting. And there appeared to 
them parted tongues as if it were of fire, and it sat upon 
every one of them : and they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost, and they began to speak with divera 



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tongues according as the Holy Ghost gave them to 
speak. Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, de- 
vout men out of every nation under Heaven. And when 
this was noised abroad, the multitude came togeth- 
er, and were confounded in mind, because that every 
man heard them speak in his own tongue. And they 
were all amazed and wondered saying : Behold are not 
all these, that speak, Galileans, and how have we heard, 
every man our own tongue wherein we were born ? Par- 
thians, and Medes, and Elamites, and inhabitants of 
Mesopotamia, Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, 
Phrygia, and Pamphilia. Egypt, and the parts of Lybia 
about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews also, and 
Proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we have heard them 
speak in our own tongues the wonderful works of God. 

Gospel. St. John xiv. 23-31. At that time Jesus 
said to his disciples : If any one love me, he will keep 
my word, and my Father will love him, and we will 
come to him, and will make our abode with him : he 
that loveth me not, keepeth not my words. , And the 
word which you have heard is not mine : but the Fa- 
ther's who sent me. These things have I spoken to you, 
abiding with you. But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, 
whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach 
you all things, and bring all things to your mind, what- 
soever I shall have said to you. Peace I leave 
with you, my peace I give to you : not as the world 
giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be 
troubled, nor let it be afraid. You have heard that I 
said to you : I go away, and I come again to you. If 
you loved me, you would indeed be glad, because I go 



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to the Father : for the Father is greater than I. And 
now I have told you before it come to pass : that when 
it shall come to pass, you may believe. I will not now 
speak many things with you : for the prince of the world 
cometh, and in me he hath not any thing. But that the 
world may know that I love the Father, and as the 
Father hath given me commandment, so do I. 

TRINITY SUNDAY. 

Epistle. Rom. xi. 33-36. O the depth of the 
riches of the wisdom and of the knowledge of God ! 
How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how 
unsearchable his ways ! For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord ? Or who hath been his counsellor ? 
Or who hath first given to him, and recompense shall 
be made him ? For of him, and by him, and in him 
are all things : to him be glory for ever. Amen. 

Gospel. St. Matt, xxviii. 18-20. At that time Jesus 
said to his disciples : All power is given to me in Heaven 
and in earth : Going therefore teach all nations : 
Baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and 
of the Sox, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching 
them to observe all things whatsoever I have com- 
manded you : and behold I am with you all days, even 
to the consummation of the world. 

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Gospel. St. Luke vi. 36-42. At that time 
Jesus said to his disciples : Be ye merciful, as 
your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and you 



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62 Epistles and Gospels. 

shall not be judged : Condemn not and you shall 
not be condemned. Forgive, and you shall be for- 
given. Give, and it shall be given to you ; good 
measure and pressed down and shaken together and 
running over shall be given into your bosom. For with 
the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be 
measured to you again. And he spoke also to them a 
similitude : Can the blind lead the blind? do they not 
both fall into the ditch ? The disciple is not above his 
master : but every one shall be perfect, if lie be as his mas- 
ter. And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye : 
but the beam that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? 
or how canst thou say to thy brother : Brother, let me 
pull the mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest 
not the beam in thy own eye ? Hypocrite, cast first 
the beam out of thine own eye : and then shalt thou see 
clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. 




CORPUS CHRISTI. 
Epistle, i Cor. xi. 23-29. Brethren : I have re. 
ceived of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, 



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that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was 
betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and 
said : Take ye and eat : This is my body which shall 
be delivered for you : this do for the commemoration of 
me. In like manner also the chalice, after he had sup- 
ped, saying : This chalice is the New Testament in 
my blood : this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the 
commemoration of me. For as often as you shall eat 
this bread, and drink the chalice : you shall show the 
death of the Lord, until he comes. Therefore whosoever 
shall eat this bread or drink the chalice unworthily : 
shall be guilty of the Body and of the Blood of the Lord. 
But let a man prove himself: and so let him eat of that 
bread, and drink of the chalice. For he that eateth and 
drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to 
himself : not discerning the body of the Lord. 

Gospel. St. John vi. 56-59. At that time Jesus 
said to the multitude of the Jews : My flesh is meat in- 
deed : and my blood is drink indeed : He that eateth 
my flesh and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in 
him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by 
the Father : so he that eateth me, the same also shall live 
by me. This is the bread that came down from Heaven. 
Not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead. He 
that eateth this bread shall live for ever. 

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle, i St. John iii. 13-1S. Dearly beloved: 
Wonder not if the world hate you. We know that we 
have passed from death to life, because we love the 
brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death : Who- 



64 Epistles and Gospels. 

soever hatetli his brother is a murderer. And you know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself. 
In this we have known the charity of God, because he 
hath laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down 
our lives for the brethren. He that hath the substance of 
this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall 
put up his bowels from him, how doth the charity of 
God abide in him ? My little children, let us not love 
in word nor in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 

Gospel. St. Luke xiv. 16-24. At that time Jesus 
spoke this parable to the Pharisees : A certain man 
made a great supper, and invited many. And he sent 
his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that 
were invited, that they should come, for now all things 
are ready. And they began all at once to make excuse. 
The first said to him : I have bought a farm, and I 
must needs go out and see it : I pray thee, hold me ex- 
cused. And another said : I have bought five yoke of 
oxen, and I go to try them : I pray thee, hold me ex- 
cused. And another said : I have married a wife, and 
therefore I cannot come. And the servant returning 
told these things to his lord. Then the master of the 
house being angry, said to his servants : Go out quickly 
into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither 
the poor and the feeble and the blind and the lame. 
And the servant said : Lord it is done as thou hast com- 
manded, and yet there is room. And the lord said to 
the servant : Go out into the highways and hedges, and 
compel them to come in that my house may be filled. 
But I say unto you, that none of those men that were in- 
vited, shall taste of my supper. 



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THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle, i St. Peter v. 6-n. Dearly beloved: 
Be you humbled under the mighty hand of God, that 
he may exalt you in the time of visitation ; casting all 
your care upon him for he hath care of you. Be sober 
and watch : because your adversary, the devil, as a roar- 
ing lion, goeth about, seeking whom he may devour : 
whom resist ye, strong in faith : knowing that the same 
affliction befalls your brethren who are in the world. 
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his 
eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a 
little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and es- 
tablish you. To him be glory and empire for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

Gospel. St. Luke xv. i-io. At that time the pub- 
licans and sinners drew near unto Jesus to hear him. 
Aid the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying : This 



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man receiveth sinners and eatetli with them. And he 
spoke to them this parable, saying : What man of you that 
hath an hundred sheep : and if he shall lose one of them, 
doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after 
that which was lost until he find it ? And when he hath 
found it, lay it upon his shoulders rejoicing: and coming 
home, call together his friends and neighbors, saying to 
them : Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep 
that was lost? I say to you, that even so there shall be 
joy in Heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more 
than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or 
what woman having ten groats : if she lose one groat, 
doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek 
diligently until she find it? And when she hath found 
it call together her friends and neighbors, saying : Re- 
joice with me, because I have found the groat which I 
had lost ? So I say to you, there shall be joy before the 
angels of God upon one sinner doing penance. 

FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 
Epistle. Rom. viii. 18-23. Brethren : I reckon that 
the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be com- 
pared with the glory to come, that shall be revealed in 
us. For the expectation of the creature waiteth for the 
revelation of the sons of God. For the creature was 
made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of 
him that made it subject, in hope : because the creature 
also itself shall be delivered from the servitude of cor- 
ruption, into the liberty of the glory of the children of 
God. For we know that every creature groaneth and 
travaileth in pain even till now. And not only it, but 
ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit : 



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even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for 
the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our 
body in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Gospel. St. Luke v. i-n. At that time when the 
multitude pressed upon Jesus to hear the word of God, 
he stood by the lake of Genesareth. And saw two ships 
standing by the lake : but the fishermen were gone out 
of them and were washing their nets. And going up 
into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him 
to draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he 
taught the multitudes out of the ship. Now when he 
had ceased to speak, he said to Simon : Launch out into 
the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. And 
Simon answering, said to him : Master, we have labored 
all the night, and have taken nothing, but at thy word 
I will let down the net. And when they had done this, 
they enclosed a very great multitude of fishes, and their 
net broke. And they beckoned to their partners that were 
in the other ship, that they should come and help them. 
And they came and filled both the ships, so that they 
were almost sinking. Which when Simon Peter saw, 
he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying : Depart from me, 
for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was wholly as- 
tonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of 
fishes which they had taken : and so were also James and 
John, the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. 
And Jesus saith to Simon : Fear not : from henceforth 
thou shalt catch men. And having brought their ships 
to land, leaving all things they followed him. 

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 
Epistle, i St. Peter iii. 8-15. Dearly beloved: 



68 Epistles and Gospels. 

Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one for an- 
other, being lovers of the brotherhood, merciful, modest, 
humble : not rendering evil for evil, nor railing for rail- 
ing, but contrariwise, blessing : for unto this are you 
called, that you may inherit a blessing. For he that 
will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his 
tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. 
Let him decline from evil, and do good : let him seek 
after peace and pursue it : because the eyes of the Lord 
are upon the just, and his ears unto their prayers : but 
the countenance of the Lord upon them that do evil 
things. And who is he that can hurt you if you be zeal- 
ous of good? But if also you suffer anything for justice 
sake, blessed are ye. And be not afraid of their fear, 
and be not troubled. But sanctify the Lord Christ in 
your hearts. 

Gospel. St. Matt. v. 20-24. At that time Jesus said 
to his disciples : Unless your justice abound more than 
that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall not enter into 
the kingdom of Heaven. You have heard that it was said 
to them of old : Thou shalt not kill : and whosoever 
shall kill, shall be in danger of the judgment. But I 
say to you : that whosoever is angry with his brother, 
shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever 
shall say to his brother, Raca : shall be in danger of the 
council. And whosoever shall say, Thou fool : shall be 
in danger of hell fire. If therefore thou bring thy gift 
to the altar, and there shall remember that thy brother 
hath anything against thee : leave there thy gift before 
the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother : 
and then coming, thou shalt offer thy gift. 



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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Rom. vi. 3--11. Brethren: All we who 
are baptized in Christ Jesus, are baptized in his death. 
For we are buried together with him by baptism into 
death : that as Christ is risen from the dead by the glory 
of the Father, so we also may walk in newness of life. 
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of 
his death : we shall be also in the likeness of his 
resurrection. Knowing this, that our old man was cru- 
cified with him, that the body of sin may be destroyed, 
and that we may serve sin no longer. For he that is dead, 
is justified from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ : 
we believe that we shall live also together with Christ. 
Knowing that Christ, rising again from the dead, dieth 
now no more, death shall no more have dominion over 
him. For in that he died to sin, he died once : but in 
that he liveth, he liveth unto God. So do you also 
reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to 
God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Gospel. St. Mark viii. 1-9. At that time when 
there was a great multitude with Jesus and had nothing 
to eat : calling his disciples together, he said to them: I 
have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have 
now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 
and if I send them away fasting to their own home, they 
will faint in the way, for some of them came from afar 
off. And his disciples answered him: From whence can 
any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness ? 
And he asked them: How many loaves have ye ? Who 
said : Seven. And he commanded the people to sit 



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down on the ground. And taking the seven loaves, 
giving thanks, he broke, and gave to his disciples for to 
set before them, and they set them before the people. 
And they had a few little fishes ; and he blessed them, 
and commanded them to be set before them. And they 
did eat and were filled, and they took up that which 
was left of the fragments, seven baskets. And they that 
had eaten were about four thousand : and he sent them 
away. 

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Rom. vi. 19—23. Brethren : I speak an hu- 
man thing, because of the infirmity of your flesh : for as 
you have yielded your members to serve uncleanness 
and iniquity, unto iniquity, so now yield your members 
to serve justice, unto sanctification. For when you 
were the servants of sin, you were freemen to justice. 
What fruit therefore had you then in those things, of 
which you are now ashamed ? For the end of them is 
death. But now being made free from sin, and become 
servants of God, you have your fruit unto sanctification, 
and the end life everlasting. For the wages of sin is 
death. But the grace of God, life everlasting in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 

Gospel. St. Matt. vii. 15-21. At that time' Jesus 
said to his disciples : Beware of false prophets, who, 
come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they 
are ravening wolves : by their fruits you shall know them. 
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 
Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and 
the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree can- 



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not bring forth evil fruit : neither can an evil tree bring 
forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good 
fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. 
Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them. Not 
every one that saith to me Lord, Lord, shall enter the 
kingdom of Heaven : but he that doth the will of my 
Father who is in Heaven, he shall enter into the king- 
dom of Heaven. 

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Rom. viii. 12-17. Brethren : We are debt- 
ors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if 
you live according to the flesh you shall die : but if by the 
Spirit you mortify the deeds of the flesh, you shall live. 
For whosoever are led by the Spirit of God, they are 
the sons of God. For you have not received the spir- 
it of bondage again in fear, but you have received the 
spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry : Abba (Fa- 
ther). For the Spirit himself giveth testimony to our 
spirit, that we are the sons of God. And if sons, heirs 
also : heirs indeed of God, and joint heirs with Christ. 

Gospel. St. Luke xvi. 1-9. At that time Jesus 
spoke to his disciples this parable: There was a certain 
rich man who had a steward : and the same was accused 
unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called 
him, and said to him : How is it that I hear this of thee ? 
give an account of thy stewardship : for now thou canst 
be steward no longer. And the steward said within him- 
self : What shall I do, because my lord taketh away 
from me the stewardship ? To dig I am not able : to beg 
I am ashamed. I know what I will do, that when I 



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shall be removed from the stewardship, they may re- j 
ceive me into their houses. Therefore calling together 
every one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first: How 
much dost thou owe my lord ? But he said : An hundred 
barrels of oil. And he said to him : Take thy bill and 
sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then he said to an- 
other: And how much dost thou owe? Who said : An 
hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him : Take 
thy bill and write eighty. And the lord commended 
the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely : 
for the children of this world are wiser in their gener- 
ation than the children of light. And I say to you: 
Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity, that 
when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlast- 
ing dwellings. 




NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. I Cor. x. 6-13. Brethren : Let us not 
covet evil things as they also coveted : Neither become 
ye idolaters, as some of them : as it is written : The peo- 
ple sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them 



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committed fornication, and there fell in one day three- 
and-twenty thousand. Neither let us tempt Christ : as 
some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents. 
Neither do you murmur : as some of them murmured, 
and were destroyed by the destroyer. Now all these 
things happened to them in figure : and they are written 
for our correction, upon whom the ends of the world 
are come. Wherefore he that thinketh himself to stand, 
let him take heed lest he fall. Let no temptation take 
hold on you but such as is human : and God is faithful, 
who will not suffer you to be tempted above that which 
you are able, but will make also with temptation issue, 
that you may be able to bear it. 

Gospel. St. Luke xix. 41-47. At that time when 
Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the city, he wept 
over it, saying : If thou also hadst known, and that in 
this thy day, the things that are to thy peace, but now 
they are hidden from thy eyes. For the days shall come 
upon thee : and thy enemies shall cast a trench about 
thee, and compass thee round : and straiten thee on 
every side : and beat thee flat to the ground, and thy 
children who are in thee, and they shall not leave in 
thee a stone upon a stone : because thou hast not known 
the time of thy visitation. And entering into the temple, 
he began to cast out them that sold therein and them that 
bought, saying to them : It is written : My house is the 
house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. 
And he was teaching daily in the temple. 

TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 
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that when you were heathens, you went to dumb idols, 
according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to 
understand, that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, 
saith anathema to Jesus. And no man can say the 
Lord Jesus, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are 
diversities of graces, but the same Spirit. And there 
are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord. And 
there are diversities of operations, but the same God, 
who worketh all in all. And the manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man unto profit. To one, in- 
deed, by the Spirit, is given the word of wisdom : and 
to another, the word of knowledge, according to the 
same Spirit : to another, faith in the same Spirit : to 
another, the grace of healing in one Spirit : to another, 
the working of miracles, to another, prophecy, to an- 
other, the discerning of spirits, to another, divers kinds 
of tongues, to another, interpretation of speeches. But 
in all these things, one and the same Spirit worketh, di- 
viding to every one according as he will. 

Gospel. St. Luke xviii. 9-14. At that time, to some 
who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others, 
Jesus spoke this parable : Two men went up into the 
temple to pray : the one was a Pharisee, and the other a 
publican. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with 
himself : O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the 
rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers : as also is 
this publican. I fast twice in the week : I give tithes of 
all that I possess. And the publican standing afar off 
would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven : 
but struck his breast saying : O God, be merciful to me 
a sinner. I say to you, this man went down to his 



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house justified rather than the other, because every one 
that exalteth himself shall be humbled ; and he that 
humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle, i Cor. xv. i-io. I make known unto you, 
brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which 
also you have received, and wherein you stand, by 
which also you are saved : if you hold fast after what 
manner I preached unto you, unless you have be- 
lieved in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all, 
that which I also received : how that Christ died for our 
sins according to the Scriptures : and that he was buried, 
and that he rose again the third day according to the 
Scriptures : and that he was seen by Cephas, and after 
that by the eleven. Then was he seen by more than five 
hundred brethren at once : of whom many remain until 
this present, and some are fallen asleep. After that, he 
was seen by James, tnen by all the apostles : and last 
of all, he was seen also by me, as one born out of due 
time. For I am the least of the apostles, who am not 
worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the 
Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I 
am : and his grace in me has. not been void. 

Gospel. St. Mark vii. 31-37. At that time, Jesus 
going out of the coast of Tyre, he came by Sidon to the 
sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coast of Decapo- 
lis. And they bring to him one deaf and dumb : and 
they besought him that he would lay his hand upon him. 
And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his 
fingers into his ears, and spitting, he touched his 



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tongue: and looking up to heaven, he groaned and said 
to him : Ephpheta, that is, Be thou opened. And im- 
mediately his ears were opened, and the string of his 
tongue was loosed, and he spoke right. And he 
charged them that they should tell no man. But the 
more he charged them, so much the more a great deal 
did they publish it : and so much the more did they 
wonder, saying : He hath done all things well : he hath 
made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak. 




TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

, Epistle. 2 Cor. iii. 4-9. Brethren : Such confidence 
we have through Christ towards God : not that we 
are sufficient to think anything as of ourselves, but our 
sufficiency is from God : who also hath made us fit min- 
isters of the New Testament, not in the letter, but in 
the spirit : for the letter killeth : but the spirit quicken- 
eth. Now if the ministration of death, engraven with 



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letters upon stones, was glorious, so that the children of 
.Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses, 
for the glory of his countenance, which is made void : 
how shall not the ministration of the Spirit be rather in 
glory ? For if the ministration of condemnation be 
glory : much more the ministration of justice aboundeth 
in glory. 

Gospel. St. Luke x. 23-37. At that time Jesus said 
to his disciples : Blessed are the eyes that see the things 
that you see. For I say to you, that many prophets and 
kings have desired to see the things that you see, and 
have not seen them : and to hear the things that you 
hear, and have not heard them. And behold a certain 
lawyer stood up, tempting him, and saying: Master, 
what must I do to possess eternal life ? But he said to 
him: What is written in the law? how readest thou? 
He answering, said : Thou shalt love the Lord thy God 
with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with 
all thy strength, and with all thy mind : and thy neigh- 
bor as thyself. And he said to him : Thou hast answered 
right : this do and thou shalt live. But he, willing to 
justify himself, said to Jesus : And who is my neigh- 
bor ? And Jesus answering, said : A certain man went 
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among rob- 
bers, who also stripped him : and having wounded him, 
went away, leaving him half dead. And it chanced 
that a certain priest went down the same way : and see- 
ing him, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when 
he was near the place, and saw him, passed by. But a 
certain Samaritan being on his journey, came near him: 
and seeing him, was moved with compassion. And go- 



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ing up to him, bound up Tiis wounds, pouring in oil and 
wine : and setting him upon his own beast, brought him 
to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he 
took out two pence, and gave to the host, and said : 
Take care of him : and whatsoever thou shalt spend 
over and above, I at my return- will repay thee. Which 
of these three in thy opinion was neighbor to him that 
fell among robbers ? But he said : He that showed 
mercy to him. And Jesus said to him : Go, and do 
thou in like manner. 



THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Gal. iii. 16-22. Brethren: To Abraham 
were the promises made, and to his seed. He saith not : 
And to his seeds, as of many : but as of one : And to thy 
seed, which is Christ. Now this I say, that the testa- 
ment which was confirmed by God : the law which was 
made after four hundred and thirty years, doth not an- 
nul, to make the promise of no effect. For if the inheri- 
tance be of the law, it is no more of promise. But God 
gave it to Abraham by promise. Why then was the 
law? It was set because of transgressions, until the 
seed should come, to whom he made the promise, being 




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ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a 
mediator is not of one : but God is one. Was the law 
then against the promises of God ? God forbid. For 
if there had been a law given which could give life, 
verily justice should have been by the law. But the 
Scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise 
by the faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that 
believe. 

Gospel. St. Luke xvii. 11-19. At that time, as Jesus 
was going to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of 
Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain 
town, there met him ten men that were lepers, who 
stood afar off, and lifted up their voice, saying : Jesus, 
Master, have mercy on us. Whom, when he saw, he 
said: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came 
to pass, as they went, they were made clean. And one 
of them when he saw that he was made clean, went 
back, with a loud voice glorifying God, and he fell on 
his face before his feet, giving thanks : and this was a 
Samaritan. And Jesus answering, said : Were not ten 
made clean ? and where are the nine ? There is no one 
found to return and give glory to God, but this stranger. 
And he said to him : Arise, go thy way : for thy faith 
hath made thee whole. 

FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Gal. v. 16-24. Brethren : Walk in the 
spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against the spirit : and the spirit 
against the flesh : for these are contrarv to one another: 



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so that you do not the things that you would. But if 
you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. 
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are, 
fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, idolatry, 
witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, 
quarrels, dissensions, sects, envy, murders, drunkenness, 
revellings, and such like, of which I foretell you, as I 
have foretold to you : that they who do such things shall 
not obtain the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the 
spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, good- 
ness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency, 
chastity. Against such there is no law. And they that 
are Christ's have crucified their flesh with the vices and 
concupiscences. 

Gospel. St. Matt. vi. 24-33. At that time Jesus 
said to his disciples : No man can serve two masters. 
For either he will hate the one, and love the other : or 
will sustain the one and despise the other. You cannot 
serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you : Be 
not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for 
your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more 
than the meat, and the body more than the raiment? 
Behold the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor do 
they reap, nor gather into barns : and your heavenly Fa- 
ther feedeth them. Are not you of much more value 
than they? And which of you, by taking thought, can 
add to his stature one^cubit? And for raiment, why are 
you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field how 
they grow : they labor not, neither do they spin. But 
I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was 
arrayed as one of these. And if the grass of the field, 



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which is to-day and to-morrow is cast in the oven, God 
doth so clothe : how much more you, O ye of little faith ! 
Be not solicitous, therefore, saying, what shall we eat, 
or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be cloth- 
ed ? For after all these things do the heathens seek. 
For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these 
things. Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and 
his justice : and all these things shall be added unto 
you. 

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Gal.v. 25 ; vi. 1-10. Brethren : If we live in the 
spirit, let us also walk in the spirit. Let us not be made 
desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying 
one another. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in any 
fault, you who are spiritual, instruct such a one in the 
spirit of meekness, considering thyself, lest thou also be 
tempted. Bear ye one another's burdens, and so you 
shall fulfill the law of Christ. For if any man think 
himself to be something, whereas he is nothing, he de- 
ceiveth himself. But let every one prove his own work, 
and so he shall have glory in himself only, and not in 
another. For every one shall bear his own burden. 
And let him that is instructed in the word communicate 
to him that instructeth him, in all good things. Be not 
deceived, God is not mocked. For what things a man 
shall sow, those also shall he reap. For he that soweth 
in his flesh, of the flesh also shall reap corruption : but 
he that soweth in the spirit, of the spirit shall reap life 
everlasting. And in doing good, let us not fail : for in 
due time we shall reap, not failing. Therefore, whilst 



82 Epistles and Gospels. 

we have time, let us work good to all men, but espe- 
cially to those who are of the household of the faith. 

Gospel. St. Luke vii. 11-16. At that time Jesus 
went into a city called Nairn : and there went with him 
his disciples and a great multitude. And when he came 
nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was 
carried out, the only son of his mother : and she was a 
widow : and a great multitude of the city were with her. 
Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with 
mercy towards her, he said to her : Weep not. And 
he came near and touched the bier (and they that car- 
ried it stood still). And he said : Young man, I say to 
thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up. and began 
to speak. And he gave him to his mother. And there 
came a fear on them all : and they glorified God, saying : 
A great prophet is risen up amongst us, and God hath 
visited his people. 




SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 
Epistle. Ephes. iii. 13-21. Brethren: I pray you j 



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not to faint at my tribulations for you : which is your 
glory. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven 
and earth is named, that he would grant you, according 
to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his 
spirit with might unto the inward man. That Christ 
may dwell by faith in your hearts : that being rooted 
and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend, 
with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and 
height, and depth : to know also the charity of Christ, 
which surpasseth all knowledge, that you may be filled 
unto all the fullness of God. Xow to him who is able 
to do all things more abundantly than we desire or un- 
derstand, according to the power that worketh in us: 
to him be glory in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, unto 
all generations, world without end. Amen. 

Gospel. St. Luke xiv. i-ir. At that time, when Jesus 
went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees 
on the sabbath-day to eat bread, they watched him. 
And behold there was a certain man before him that 
had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spoke to the 
lawyers and Pharisees, saying : Is it lawful to heal on the 
sabbath-day ? But they held their peace. But he tak- 
ing him, healed him, and sent him away. And answer- 
ing them, he said : Which of you shall have an ass or an 
ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out 
on the sabbath-day ? And they could not answer him 
to these things. And he spoke a parable also to them 
that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats 
at the table, saying to them : When thou art invited to 
a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps 



84 Epistles and Gospels. 



one more honorable than thou be invited by him, and 
he that invited thee and him come and say to thee : 
Give this man place : and then thou begin with shame 
to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, 
go, sit down in the lowest place, that when he who in- 
vited thee cometh, he may say to thee : Friend, go up 
higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that 
sit at table with thee : because every one that exalt- 
eth himself, shall be humbled ; and he that humbleth 
himself, shall be exalted. 

SEVENTEENTH AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Ephes. iv. 1-6. Brethren: I who am a 
prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy 
of the vocation in which you are called, with all humil- 
ity and mildness, with patience, supporting one another 
in charity, careful to keep the unity of the spirit in 
the bond of peace. One body and one spirit, as you are 
called in one hope of your calling. One Lord, one 
faith, one baptism. One God and Father of all, who is 
above all, and through all, and in us all, who is blessed 
for evermore. 

Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 35-46. At that time the 
Pharisees came to Jesus ; and one of them, a doctor of 
the law, asked him, tempting him: Master, which is the 
great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, 
and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. 
This is the greatest and first commandment. And the 
second is like to this : Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the 



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whole law and the prophets. And the Pharisees being 
gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying : What 
think you of Christ ? whose son is he ? They said to 
him, David's. He saith to them : How then doth David 
in spirit call him Lord, saying: The Lord said to my 
Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies 
thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he 
his son ? And no man was able to answer him a word: 
neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any 
more questions. 

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle, i Cor. i. 4-8. Brethren : I give thanks to 
my God always for you, for the grace of God that is 
given you in Christ Jesus ; that in all things you are 
made rich in him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge: 
as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you : So 
that nothing is wanting to you in any grace, waiting for 
the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who also 
will confirm you unto the end without crime, in the day 
of the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 1-8. At that time Jesus enter- 
ing into a boat, he passed over the water and came into 
his own city. And behold they brought to him one 
sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus seeing their 
faith, said to the man sick of the palsy : Be of good 
heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. And behold some 
of the Scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth. 
And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you 
think evil in your hearts ? Whether is it easier to say : 



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Thy sins are forgiven thee : or to say : Arise and walk ? 
But that you may know that the Son of man hath power 
on earth to forgive sins, then said he to the man sick of 
the palsy : Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 
And he arose and went into his house. And the mul- 
titude seeing it, feared and glorified God that gave such 
power to men. 

NINETEENTH AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Ephes. iv. 23-28. Brethren : Be renewed 
in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, who, 
according to God, is created in justice, and holiness of 
truth. Wherefore putting away lying, speak ye the 
truth every man with his neighbor : for we are members 
one of another. Be angry and sin not : let not the sun 
go down upon your anger. Give not place to the devil : 
He that stole, let him now steal no more : but rather let 
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is 
good, that he may have something to give to him that 
suffereth need. 

Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 1-14. At that time Jesus 
spoke to the chief priests and Pharisees in parables, say- 
ing : The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a king, 
who made a marriage for his son. And he sent his 
servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage: 
and they would not come. Again he sent other serv- 
ants, saying: Tell them that were invited: Behold I have 
prepared my dinner : my beeves and fatlings are killed, 
and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage. But 
they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, 



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and another to his merchandise : and the rest laid hands 
on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, 
put them to death. But when the king had heard of it, 
he was angry, and sending his armies, he destroyed 
those murderers, and burnt their city. Then he saith 
to his servants : The marriage indeed is ready : but they 
that were invited were not worthy. Go ye therefore 
into the highways, and as many as you shall find, call 
to the marriage. And his servants going forth into the 
ways, gathered together all they found, both bad and 
good : and the marriage was filled with guests. And the 
king went in to see the guests, and he saw there a man 
w r ho had not on a wedding garment. And he saith to 
him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither, not having on 
a wedding garment ? But he was silent. Then the 
king said to the waiters : Bind his hands and his feet, 
and cast him into the exterior darkness : there shall be 
weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called 
but few are chosen. 

TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Ephes. v. 15-21. See, therefore, brethren, 
how you walk circumspectly : not as unwise, but as wise: 
redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Where- 
fore become not unwise, but understanding what is the 
will of God. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is 
luxury, but be ye filled with the Holy Spirit, speaking 
to yourselves in psalms and hymns, and spiritual canti- 
cles, singing and making melody in your hearts to the 
Lord, giving thanks always for all things in the name of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, to God and the Father. Being 
subject one to another in the fear of Christ. 





88 Epistles and Gospels. 

Gospel. St. John iv. 46-53. At that time there was 

a certain ruler whose son was sick at Capharnaum. He 
having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Gali- 
lee, went to him, and prayed him to come down and 
heal his son: for he was at the point of death. Jesus 
therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, 
you believe not. The ruler saith to him : Lord, come 
down before that my son die. Jesus saith to him : Go 
thy way, thy son liveth. The man believed the word 
which Jesus said to him, and went his way. And as he 
was going down, his servants met him: and they brought 
him word, saying, that his son lived. He asked there- 
fore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And 
they said to him : Yesterday at the seventh hour the 
fever left him. The father therefore knew that it was 
at the same hour that Jesus said to him : Thy son liveth: 
and himself believed, and his whole house. 

TWENTY-FIRST AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Ephes. vi. 10-17. Brethren, be strength- 
ened in the Lord, and in the might of his power. Put 
you on the armor of God, that you may be able to stand 
against the deceits of the devil: for our wrestling is not 
against flesh and blood: but against principalities and 
powers, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, 
against the spirit of wickedness in the high places. 
Therefore take unto you the armor of God, that you may 
be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all 
things perfect. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt 
about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of jus- 
tice, and your feet shod with the preparation of the 

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wherewith you may be able to extinguish all the fiery 
darts of the most wicked one. And take unto you the 




hemlet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which 
is the word of God. 

Gospel. St. Matt, xviii. 23-35. At that time Jesus 
spoke to his disciples this parable: The kingdom of 
heaven is likened to a king who would take an account 
of his servants. And when he had begun to take the 
account, one was brought to him that owed him ten 
thousand talents. And as he had not wherewith to pay 
it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his 
wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to 
be made. But that servant falling down, besought him, 
saying : Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 
And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let 
him go, and forgave him the debt. But when that serv- 
ant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants 
that owed him an hundred pence : and laying hold of 
him, he throttled him, saying : Pay what thou owest. 



90 Epistles and Gospels. 

And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, say- 
ing: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 
And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, 
till he paid the debt. Now his fellow-servants seeing 
what was done, were very much grieved : and they came 
and told their lord all that was done. Then his lord called 
him : and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave 
thee all the debt because thou besoughtest me : shouldst 
not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow-ser- 
vant, even as I had compassion on thee ? And his lord 
being angry, delivered him to the torturers, until he paid 
all the debt. So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, 
if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts. 

TWENTY-SECOND AFTER PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Phil. i. 6-n. Brethren: We are confident 
in the Lord Jesus that he who hath begun a good work 
in y ou will perfect it unto the day of Christ Jesus : as 
it is meet for me to think this for you all : for that I 
have you in my heart, and that in my bonds, and in the 
defence and confirmation of the gospel, you are all par- 
takers of my joy. For God is my witness, how I long 
after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I 
pray, that your charity may more and more abound in 
knowledge and in all understanding: that you may ap- 
prove the better things, that you may be sincere and 
without offence unto the day of Christ, filled with the 
fruit of justice, through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and 
praise of God. 

Gospel. St. Matt. xxii. 15-21. At that time the 
Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to 



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ensnare Jesus in his speech. And they sent to him 
their disciples, with the Herodians, saying : Master, we 
know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way 
of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for 
thou dost not regard the person of men. Tell us, there- 
fore, what dost thou think ? Is it lawful to give tribute 
to Caesar or not. But Jesus knowing their wickedness, 
said : Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites ? Show me 
the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny. 
And Jesus saith to them : Whose image and inscription 
is this ? They say to him : Caesar's. Then he saith to 
them : Render therefore to Caesar the things that are 
Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. 

TWENTY-THIRD AFTER PENTECOST. 

Should there be but twenty-three Sundays after Pente- 
cost, the Mass of the twenty-fourth is said to-day, and 
this on the preceding Saturday (if it be neither a dou- 
ble nor a semi-double), in which case it is said on 
some vacant day before it. 

Epistle. Phil. iii. 17-21. ; iv. 1-3. Be followers of 
me, brethren, and observe them who walk so as you 
have our model. For many walk, of whom I have told 
you often (and now tell you weeping), that they are ene- 
mies of the Cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, 
whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their 
shame, who mind earthly things. But our conversation 
is in heaven : from whence also we look for the Saviour, 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who will reform the body of our 
lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according 
to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all 



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things unto himself. Therefore, my dearly beloved 
brethren, and most desired, my joy, and my crown : so 
stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved, I beg of 
Evodia, and I beseech Syntyche, to be of one mind in 
the Lord. And I entreat thee also, my sincere compan- 
ion, help those women, that have labored with me in 
the gospel, with Clement and the rest of my fellow -la- 
borers, whose names are in the book of life. 

Gospel. St. Matt. ix. 18-26. At that time as Jesus 
was speaking to the multitude : behold, a certain ruler 
came up and adored him, saying : Lord, my daughter is 
even now dead : but come, lay thy hand upon her, and 
she shall live. And Jesus, rising up, followed him, with 
his disciples. And behold, a woman who was troubled 
with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him 
and touched the hem of his garment. For she said 
within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall 
be healed. But Jesus turning and seeing her, said : Be 
of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. 
And the woman was made whole from that hour. And 
when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and 
saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout, he 
said : Give place ; for the girl is not dead but sleepeth. 
And they laughed him to scorn. And when the multi- 
tude was put forth, he went in and took her by the hand. 
And the maid arose. And the fame hereof went abroad 
into all that countiy. 

As there cannot be less than twenty-three, nor more 
than twenty-eight Sundays after Pentecost, it is to be 
observed that the Mass of the twenty-fourth is always 
said on that Sunday which immediately precedes Ad- 



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vent. When, therefore, it happens that there are any 
intervening Sundays between the twenty-third and the 
last, the Epistles and Gospels are taken from the 
Sundays which are omitted after Epiphany ; for in- 
stance, if but one Sunday, the Mass is of the sixth 
after Epiphany ; if two, of the fifth and sixth ; if three, 
of the fourth, fifth, and sixth ; and if four, of the third, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth. 




TWENTY-FOURTH, OR LAST SUNDAY AFTER 
PENTECOST. 

Epistle. Col. i. 9-14. Brethren : We cease not to 
pray for you, and to beg that you may be filled with the 
knowledge of God's will, in all wisdom, and spiritual 
understanding : that you may walk worthy of God in all 
things pleasing : being fruitful in every good work, and 
increasing in the knowledge of God : strengthened with 
all might, according to the power of his glory, in all 
patience and long suffering with joy. Giving thanks to 
God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partak- 
ers of the lot of the saints in light : who hath delivered 



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us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us 
into the kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we 
have redemption through his blood, the remission of 
sins. 




Gospel. St. Matt. xxiv. 15-35. At that time Jesus 
said to his disciples: When you see the abomination of 
desolation which was spokeri of by Daniel the prophet, 
standing in the holy place, he that readeth let him un- 
derstand. Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to 
the mountains: and he that is on the house-top, let him 
not come down to take anything out of his house: and 
he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his 
coat. And woe to them that are with child, and that give 
suck in those days. But pray that your flight be not in 



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the winter, or on the sabbath. For there shall be then 
great tribulation, such as hath not been from the begin- 
ning of the world until now, neither shall be. And unless 
those days had been shortened, no flesh could be saved: 
but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be short- 
ened. Then if any man shall say to you: Lo ! here is 
Christ, or there: do not believe him. For there shall 
arise false Christs and false prophets, and shall show 
great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if pos- 
sible) even the elect. Behold I have told it to you, be- 
forehand. If therefore they shall say to you : Behold 
he is in the desert, go ye not out: Behold he is in the 
closets, believe it not. For as lightning cometh out 
of the east, and appeareth even unto the west : so shall 
also the coming of the Son of man be. Wheresoever 
the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be gathered 
together. And immediately after the tribulation of those 
days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall 
not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 
and the powers of the heavens shall be moved: and then 
shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and 
then shall all tribes of the earth mourn : and they shall 
see the Son of man, coming in the clouds of heaven 
with much power and majesty. And he shall send his 
angels with a trumpet and a great voice: and they shall 
gather together his elect from the four winds, from the 
farthest parts of the heavens to the utmost bounds of them. 
And from the fig-tree learn a parable: when the branch 
thereof is now tender, and the leaves come forth, you 
know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall 
see all these things, know ye that it is nigh, even at the 
doors. Amen, I say to you, that this generation shall 



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not pass, till these things be done. Heaven and earth 
shall pass, but my word shall not pass. 




IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE 
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

December 8th. 

Epistle. Prov. viii. 22-35. The Lord possessed 
me in the beginning of his ways, before he made any- 
thing, from the beginning. I was set up from eternity, 
and of old before the earth was made. The depths 
were not as yet, and I was already conceived: neither had 
the fountains of water as yet sprung out ; the mountains 
with their huge bulk had not as yet been established : 
before the hills I was brought forth : he had not as yet 
made the earth, nor the rivers, nor the poles of the 
world. When he prepared the heavens I was there : 
when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the 
depths : when he established the sky above, and poised 
the fountains of waters: when he compassed the sea 
with its bounds, and set a law to the waters, that they 
should not pass their limits : when he balanced the 
foundations of the earth, I was with h^m forming all 



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things, and was delighted every day, playing before him 
at all times: playing in the world: and my delight is to 
be with the children of men. Now, therefore, ye chil- 
dren, hear me : blessed are they that keep my ways. 
Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed 
is the man that heaieth me, and that watcheth daily at 
my gates, and waiteth at the posts of my doors. He 
that shall find me shall find life, and shall have salva= 
tion from the Lord. 

Gospel. St. Luke i. 26-28. At that time the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called 
Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name 
was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's 
name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said 
unto her : Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with, thee ; 
blessed art thou among women. 

ST. PATRICK, AP. AND PATRON OF IRELAND 
March 17th. 

Epistle. Eccles. xliv. xlv. Behold a great priest 
who in his time pleased God, and was found just : and 
in the time of wrath became an atonement. There 
were none found like him in observing the law of the 
Most High. Therefore by an oath did the Lord make 
him great amongst his people. He gave him the bless- 
ing of all nations, and established his covenant on his 
head. He acknowledged him in his blessings, he stored 
up his mercy for him : and he found favor in the eyes of 
the Lord. He exalted him in the sight of kings and 
gave him a crown of glory. He made an everlasting 



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covenant with him : and gave him a great priesthood : 
and made him blessed in glory. To execute the office 
of the priesthood, to sing praises to the name of God : 
and to offer him precious incense for an odor of sweet- 
ness. 

Gospel. St. Matt. xxv. 14-23. At that time Jesus 
spoke this parable to his disciples : a man going into a 
far country, called his servants, and delivered to them 
his goods. And to one he gave five talents, and to 
another two, and to another one, to every one accord- 
ing to his proper ability : and immediately he took his 
journey. And he that had received the five talents 
went his way, and traded with the same, and gained 
other five. And in like manner he that had received 
the two, gained other two. But he that had received 
the one, going his way, digged into the earth, and hid 
his lord's money. But after a long time the lord of 
those servants came, and reckoned with them. And he 
that had received the five talents, coming, brought other 
five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five 
talents, behold I have gained other five over and above. 
His lord said to him : Well done, good and faithful 
servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will place thee over many things : enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. And he also that had received 
the two talents came and said : Lord, thou deliveredst 
two talents to me : behold I have gained other two. 
His lord said to him : Well done, good and faithful 
servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few 
things, I will place thee over many things : enter thou 
into the joy of thy lord. 



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ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
MARY. 

Epistle. Is. vii. 10-16. In those days : the Lord 
spoke unto Achaz, saying : Ask thee a sign of the Lord 
thy God, either unto the depth of hell, or unto the 
heights above. And Achaz said : I will not ask, I will 
not tempt the Lord. And he said : Hear ye, therefore, 
O house of David : Is it a small thing for you to be 
grievous to men, that you are grievous to my God also? 
therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Be- 
hold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his 
name shall be called Emmanuel. He shall eat butter 
and honey , that he may know to refuse the evil, and to 
choose the good. 

Gospel. St. Luke i. 26-33. At that time the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called 
Xazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name 
was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's 
name was Mary. And the angel being come in, said 
unto her : Hail, full of grace : the Lord is with thee : 
blessed art thou among women. Who having heard, 
was troubled at his saying, and thought with herself 
what manner of salutation this should be. And the 
angel said to her : Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found 
grace with God : Behold thou shalt conceive in thy 
womb, and shalt bring forth a son, and thou shalt call 
his name Jesus : He shall be great, and shall be called 
the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God shall give 
unto him the throne of David his father : and he shall 
reign in the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom 



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there shall be no end. And Mary said to the angel : 
How shall this be done, because I know not man ? And 
the angel answering said to her : The Holy Ghost shall 
come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall 
overshadow thee. And therefore also the Holy which 
shall be born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. 
And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath con- 
ceived a son in her old age : and this is the sixth month 
with her that is called barren : because no word shall be 
impossible with God. And Mary said : Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord, be it done to me according to 
thy word. 

ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
MARY, 

August 15 th. 

Epistle. Ecclus. xxiv. 11-20. In all things I sought 
rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. 
Then the Creator of all things gave his orders, and said 
to me : and he that made me rested in my tabernacle, 
and he said to me : Let thy dwelling be in Jacob, and 
thy inheritance in Israel, and take root in thy elect. 
From the beginning, and before the world was I created, 
and unto the world to come I shall not cease to be, and 
in the holy dwelling-place I have ministered before him. 
And so I was established in Sion, and in the holy city 
likewise I rested, and my power was in Jerusalem. And 
I took root in an honorable people, and in the portion 
of my God his inheritance, and my abode is in the full 
assembly of saints. I was exalted like a cedar of Liba- 
nus, and as a cypress-tree on mount Sion : I was exalted 



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like a palm-tree in Cades, and a roseplant in Jericho : as 
a fair olive-tree in the plains, and as a plane-tree by 
the water in the streets, was I exalted. I gave a sweet 
smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm : I yielded a 
sweet odor like myrrh. 

Gospel. St. Luke x. 32-42. At that time Jesus en- 
tered into a certain town : and a certain woman named 
Martha received him into her house. And she had a 
sister called Mary, who sitting also at the Lord's 
feet, heard his word. But Martha was busy about much 
serving : who stood and said : Lord, hast thou no care 
that my sister hath left me alone to serve ? Speak to 
her, therefore, that she help me. And the Lord an- 
swering, said to her : Martha, Martha, thou art careful, 
and art troubled about many things. But one thing is 
necessary, Mary hath chosen the best part, which 
shall not be taken from her. 

FEAST OF ALL SAINTS. 

November 1st. 

Epistle. Apoc. vii. 2-12. In those days behold I. 
John, saw another angel ascending from the rising of 
the sun, having the sign of the living God : and he cried 
with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was. 
given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying : Hurt not 
the earth, nor the sea, nor the trees, till we have signed 
the servants of our God in their foreheads. And I 
heard the number of them that were signed, an hundred 
forty-four thousand were signed, of every tribe of the 
children of Israel. Of the tribe of Juda, were twelve 



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thousand signed : Of the tribe of Ruben, twelve thou- 
sand signed : Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand sign- 
ed : Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand signed : Of 
the tribe of Nephthali, twelve thousand signed : Of the 
tribe of Manasses, twelve thousand signed : Of the 
tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed : of the tribe of 
Levi, twelve thousand signed : Of the tribe of Issachar, 
twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Zabulon, 
twelve thousand signed : Of the tribe of Joseph, twelve 
thousand signed : Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thou- 
sand signed. After this I saw a great multitude which 
no man could number, of all nations and tribes, and 
peoples and tongues ; standing before the throne and in 
sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms 
in their hands : and they cried with a loud voice, saying: 
Salvation to our God, who sitteth upon the throne, and 
to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about 
the throne, and the ancients and the four living crea- 
tures : and they fell down before the throne upon their 
faces, and adored God, saying : Amen. Benediction, 
and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honor and 
power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

Gospel. St. Matt. v. 1-12. At that time Jesus see- 
ing the multitude, went up into a mountain, and when 
he was set down his disciples came unto him. And 
opening his mouth he taught them, saying : Blessed are 
the poor in spirit : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land. 
Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. 
Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice ; 



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for they shall have their fill. Blessed are the merciful, 
for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the clean of 
heart : for they shall see God. Blessed are the peace- 
makers : for they shall be called the children of God. 
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye 
when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and speak 
all that is evil against you untruly, for my sake : be glad 
and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. 

COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL 
DEPARTED. 

November 2d. 

Epistle, i Cor. xv. 51-57. Brethren : Behold I tell 
you a mystery : We shall all indeed rise again, but we 
shall not all be changed. In a moment, in the twink- 
ling of an eye, at the last trumpet : for the trumpet shall- 
sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible : and 
we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on 
in corruption : and this mortal must put on immortality. 
And when this mortal hath put on immortality then 
shall come to pass the saying that is written : Death is 
swallowed up in victory. O grave, where is thy victory ? 
O death, where is thy sting ? Now the sting of death is 
sin : and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be 
to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

Gospel. St. John v. 25-29. At that time Jesus said 
to the multitude of the Jews : Amen, Amen, I say unto 
you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the deap 
shall hear the voice of the Son -of God, and they 



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that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in him- 
self : so he hath given to the Son also to have life in him- 
self : and he hath given him power to do judgment, be- 

| cause he is the Son of man. Wonder not at this, for the 
hour cometh wherein all that are in the graves shall 
hear the voice of the Son of God. And they that have 

j done good things, shall come forth unto the resurrection 
of life : but they that have done evil unto the resurrec- 
tion of judgment. 



